NBA Opening Night features just a light doubleheader to ease us into the new season, but it concludes with a must-watch in-state rivalry. Although we won’t see LeBron James take the court, we'll still see Stephen Curry and company back in action, and to enjoy it to the fullest, we’ve got our best Warriors vs. Lakers predictions for today.

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Warriors vs. Lakers Predictions for NBA Opening Night, 10/21

The LeBron James injury (sciatica) makes this Warriors vs. Lakers season opener a bit less star-studded, but of course, these Cali squads will meet again. It’s also a factor as to why we see the Warriors vs. Lakers odds for today slightly favoring Stephen Curry and Golden State.

LA still has one of the best players in the entire NBA anyway, as Luka Doncic is who they’re now building around anyway. It will put more pressure on Austin Reaves, but as we saw as last season progressed, he’s more than capable of stepping up. All that to say that we have no desire to focus our Warriors vs. Lakers predictions on picking a winner.

Rather than sweating out a pick in that regard, we’re going to instead put our focus on the Warriors vs. Lakers player prop markets. There is certainly no shortage of options given the names that we’ve already mentioned, Jimmy Butler and more.

In Luka Doncic’s last game against Golden State as a Dallas Maverick, he had an amazing 45-point, 11-rebound, 13-assist triple-double, and in his first game against them as a Laker, he nearly had another with 19 points, 8 boards and 7 assists. Consider that route, but the best bet from our Warriors vs. Lakers picks is focused on the road team.
 

 

 

Warriors vs. Lakers Best Bet: Stephen Curry Over 23.5 Points (-119 at Novig)

As much as we love finding value with the “others,” role players or however you like to refer to the guys beyond the superstars, that’s not our approach for NBA Opening Night picks. We fully expect the big names to show out on the national stage, which of course, includes Stephen Curry.

The NBA record-holder for three-pointers made can put up points in a flurry, and that’s exactly what we’re expecting for our Warriors vs. Lakers predictions. We’ve seen his prop ranging from 23.5 to 25.5 over the course of the week leading up to opening night, so be sure to try and get the best line possible.

Even still, a 30+ point night is what we’re expecting. After all, that is exactly what he’s done to the Lakers as of late. Each of the last two games between these teams were also in Los Angeles, and Stephen Curry couldn’t have cared less about being on the road.

In each of those games, the future Hall-of-Famer put up 37 points! The most recent of which was even while Jimmy Butler was there and played 36 minutes, so we aren’t overly concerned with him leeching too much of the action. Therefore, the best bet from our Warriors vs. Lakers predictions for today is Stephen Curry over 23.5 points (-119 at Novig).
 

 

 

How To Watch Warriors vs. Lakers NBA Opening Night

We’ve already made it a point to note that the first iteration of this California rivalry was in LA, and here’s how info regarding how to watch Warriors vs. Lakers today:

  • Where: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA
  • When: 10 PM ET on 10/21
  • Watch on TV: NBC
  • Where to stream: Peacock, Sling TV, YouTube TV

 

 

 

Warriors vs. Lakers Odds, Spreads, Total & Betting Lines

With no LeBron James on the court, we see the latest Warriors vs. Lakers odds for today at Novig Sportsbook ever so slightly favoring Stephen Curry and company:

 

 

 

Warriors vs. Lakers Injury Report & Latest News

Perhaps the biggest injury news in the entire NBA, not just Warriors vs. Lakers injury news is that of LeBron James’ sciatica. Outside of that we just have a couple of Golden State guys like Moses Moody and Jimmy Butler listed as day-to-day, but they are not real concerns. Keep tabs on more than Warriors vs. Lakers injury news with the Fantasy Alarm NBA injury report!

 

 

 

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