Lakers vs Heat 10/6/20 - NBA Betting Odds & Picks
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat
NBA: 9:00 PM EST
Oct. 06, 2020
TV: ABC
Latest Odds : LAL -7.5 Total 219.5
The Lakers are going to have to figure out how to bounce back from the loss in the third game of the NBA Finals. The Lakers ended up losing to the Heat by a score of 115-104. That could definitely lead the Lakers trying to figure out what happened to their offense in the game, but more importantly trying to figure out in the day off how to improve their defense as well.
The Lakers in the losing effort only shot at 43% from the field. The Lakers from the three point land ended up getting a total of 33.3% of the shots to land. The Lakers did turn the ball over 20 times in the game and rebounded the ball 43 times in the loss.
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The Heat have to continue to play like they did in the last game. If the Heat are able to play at the same type of level in the game here then it will be hard for the Lakers to pull off the win. That stems from the smothering defense that the Heat have been able to pull off on the year so far.
In the shooting from the floor the Heat ended up shooting at a clip of 51.2% in the game. The Heat managed to shoot at a clip of 35.3% from the 3 point line in the game. The Heat were great with the ball control with 13 turnover in the game. The Heat did lose the rebounding battle with only 37 rebounds in the game.
Recent Betting Trends:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers' last 6 games.
LA Lakers are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games.
Miami are 14-4 ATS in their last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 7 games.
Free Betting Pick: Miami Heat +7.5
The Heat took a couple of games to figure out the Lakers. After the Heat did that the Lakers were unable to stop the smothering defense. Look for that type of action to continue in the game here as the Lakers are going to struggle to find a counter to the Heat defense, but also with the Heat starting to get hot in the shooting it will be harder for the Heat to not hold onto a lead in the game. Final Score, Miami Heat win 114-102.