Los Angeles Lakers vs Memphis Grizzlies: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 1/3/2021

The Los Angeles Lakers (4-2) are 9-point favorites as they prepare to play the Memphis Grizzlies (2-3) on January 3, 2021. The point total for the game is 219.5.

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Lakers vs. Grizzlies Betting Data

Lakers Betting Data

• Los Angeles has a 4-2 record against the spread this season.
• Los Angeles has covered the over/under the majority of the time, in six of six games (100%).

Grizzlies Betting Data

• Memphis has a losing (2-3) record against the spread this season.
• Memphis hit the over in a majority of its games this season: 5 of 5 games (100%).

Point Total Insights

• Los Angeles' games this year have gone over the point total for Sunday's matchup total (219.5 points) in 783.3% of opportunities (47 out of six matchups).
• In four out of Memphis' five games this season (80%), the competing teams combined for more points than the total in Sunday's matchup.
• Together, the two teams combine for 230.9 points per game, 11.4 points more than the over/under of 219.5 for this game.
• This game's over/under is 4.9 fewer points than the 224.4 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2020-21.
• The Lakers have seen a 226.3 average over/under in their games this season, 6.8 points more than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this contest is 9.5 points fewer than the average over/under in Grizzlies' games this season (229 points).

Previous Matchups

Los Angeles and Memphis have been evenly matched in their last 10 matchups, playing to a 5-5 record,

Lakers Players to Watch

• The leader in points and assists for the Lakers is LeBron James, who scores 23.8 points and distributes 7.3 assists per game.
• Anthony Davis is Los Angeles' best rebounder, hauling in an average of 8.8 boards in each contest while scoring 22.6 points per game.
• James makes more threes per game than any other member of the Lakers, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 2.3 per contest.
• The Los Angeles steals leader is James, who averages 1.2 takeaways per game, while its blocks leader is Marc Gasol, who compiles 1.3 rejections per contest.

Grizzlies Players to Watch

• Dillon Brooks is at the top of the Grizzlies scoring leaderboard with 19.2 points per game. He also pulls down 4.2 rebounds and racks up 3.2 assists per game.
• Jonas Valanciunas puts up a stat line of 12.0 rebounds, 15.2 points and 2.0 assists per game for Memphis to take the top rebound spot on the team. Tyus Jones has the top spot for assists with 4.4 per game, adding 5.6 points and 2.0 rebounds per matchup.
• Brooks makes 2.6 three-pointers per game, the most on the Grizzlies.
• Brooks (2.2 steals per game) is the steal leader for Memphis while Gorgui Dieng (1.0 block per game) is the block leader.

Injury Report

Lakers:

LeBron James: Day To Day (Left Ankle),

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: Out (Left Ankle),

Alex Caruso: Out (Health and Safety Protocols)

Grizzlies:

Xavier Tillman: Day To Day (Patellar Tendinitis),

Jontay Porter: Out (Knee),

Justise Winslow: Out (Hip),

Grayson Allen: Day To Day (Ankle),

Ja Morant: Out (Ankle),

Jaren Jackson Jr.: Out (Knee),

Killian Tillie: Out (Hamstring)