The Washington Wizards look to snap a mile-long losing streak on Thursday night in a home matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The pregame narrative: In spite of a notable injury for the Lakers, I still expect them to win by at least a handful of points. I also have prop bets on Max Christie and Kyle Kuzma to round out this +370 ticket.
Check out my Lakers vs. Wizards same-game parlay predictions for Jan. 30.
Lakers vs. Wizards predictions
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Parlay: Lakers -4.5 + Christie over 1.5 threes + Kuzma over 6.5 rebounds (+370)
Lakers -4.5 (-235): No one expected great things from the Wizards this season. Even so, their spiral has been staggering.
Washington is on a 15-game losing streak — the team’s second losing streak of 15-plus games this year — to sink to 6-40 overall.
Awful teams can still excel against the spread though, right? Well … that’s not the case here either. Washington is 17-27-2 ATS (38.6%) on the year and 2-5 ATS when playing on zero rest.
I don’t expect much out of the Wizards on the second leg of a back-to-back. They scored 82 points at home last night in a 24-point loss to the Toronto Raptors.
On Jan. 21, the Lakers won comfortably over the Wizards out west, 111-88.
Other SGP legs
Christie over 1.5 threes (-148): Christie takes the majority of his shots from beyond the arc, and now that he’s seeing starter minutes, this should be an attainable prop on a nightly basis.
Splitting Christie’s season in half, we can notice the uptick in his 3-point shot volume and production:
- First 22 games (1 start): 18.9 minutes, 2.0 3PA, 29.5 3PT%
- Past 22 games (22 starts): 30.7 minutes, 5.0 3PA, 39.1 3PT%
The third-year guard has cashed this bet in 12 of his past 17 games and draws a dream matchup tonight.
Washington allows the most 3s per game to its opponents (14.5) at a solid shooting clip (36.4%).
Kuzma over 6.5 rebounds (-127): I love this as a straight wager with Anthony Davis (11.9 RPG) ruled out for the Lakers.
Kuzma, a former Laker, should be able to fill the void and grab some rebounds that AD isn’t around for.
- Last night, Kuzma had 10 rebounds for Washington. He now has 7+ rebounds in 5/6 games since Jan. 19, averaging 8.3 rebounds in that span.
- Kuzma has 7+ rebounds in all six career games vs. the Lakers, including a nine-rebound performance last week.
Is this still a revenge game for Kuzma, given that he’s played as many seasons in Washington (four) as he did in Los Angeles? I’m not sure, but I know he’s capable of cashing this over.
Picks made at 10:15 a.m. on 01/30/25.
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