Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs: NBA preview and betting tips

There are 10 games on the NBA schedule for Saturday, February 24. One of them will be a duel of teams from the Western Conference, namely Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs. The game will be played on February 24 at 04:30 CET.

When to watch Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs?

In the Western Conference, a team fighting for the playoffs will face a team that may already consider the season a complete failure. The duel will take place at Crypto.com Arena and the home team is the favourite. The match starts at 04:30 CET.

Lakers possibly without Lebron James

Despite the probable absence of Lebron James, the Lakers are the clear favourites for the game. James continues to treat his injured ankle. Last time, he at least briefly introduced himself to the fans for 14 minutes in the All-Star game. He hasn’t entered a game since.

His absence was especially noticeable in the game against rival Golden State, where the Lakers fell quite clearly in San Francisco. However, San Antonio has been relatively harmless this season, and the scorer’s baton in the game without James is mainly Anthony Davis and D’Angelo Russell. In addition, Rui Hachimura played the game of his life relatively recently.

San Antonio fans are only happy with Wembanyama’s performance

Before the season, the San Antonio team was a bit unrealistic in declaring that they would like to see the playoffs already this season. However, the opposite is true and they are at the bottom of the Western Conference with an 11-45 record. A small band-aid for loyal Spurs fans is the performance of rookie Victor Wembanyama, who has already made his mark in the annals of NBA history several times in his first season. With him, San Antonio will grow in the following seasons as in the era of Tim Duncan’s dominance, but against the Lakers they are an underdog in tonight’s game, even if he will not play in the strongest possible lineup.

Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs odds

According to the bookmakers, the home team is the clear favourite for the game, with odds of 1.25 on them to win, compared to the considerably high San Antonio odds of 4.40.

Betting tip – Victor Wembanyama – less than 22.5 points

Wembanyama is averaging 20.1 points per game this season and has a more versatile game than his shooting. He especially excels defensively, leading the entire league in blocked shots. This season, he has even managed 10 of them in a single game! He is traditionally one of his team’s top scorers, but on the Lakers’ floor he will be responsible for eliminating the home team’s offense rather than shooting the basket himself.