Nets vs. Lakers Odds
| Nets Odds | +1.5 (-105) |
| Lakers Odds | -1.5 (-115) |
| Over/Under | 225.5 |
| Time | 8 p.m. ET |
| TV | ABC |
This contest is another one on the Christmas Day slate that looked much better prior to the ugly permeation of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
While this game should’ve been an intriguing matchup between LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook versus Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, the pandemic has reared its ugly head to take that away from us.
Three of those players will miss this contest. Durant is on the COVID-19 protocol list. Davis has a knee injury. And Irving is on the COVID-19 list, too, and hasn’t played in a game all season due to his insistence on remaining unvaccinated.
Due to these developments, the public has been hammering the Lakers’ spread.
Read further to see whether sharps are tailing the public or doing their own thing for this Christmas Day affair.
Nets vs. Lakers Sharp Action
The sharps are riding with the public on this one.
The Action Network’s PRO system has detected heavy sharp action on the Lakers’ spread at -1.5. While only about 44% of the total bets are on the Lakers’ spread, roughly 90% of the money is on the Lakers to win by at least 1.5 points.
That means a small minority of bettors are dropping big dollars that the Lakers cover.
Big money is also on the under for this matchup on account of all the missing players — namely, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis. While the total opened at 233, it’s fallen all the way to 225.5 because of the personnel issues.
Over 88% of the total money is on this game to score fewer than 225.5 points.
PRO Report: Lakers -1.5 or better, Under 225.5 or better
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