ASA NBA Totals Titan Top Game! Dual 75% Runs!
- Handicapper
- ASA, Inc.
- League
- NBA
- Competition
- Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder
- Release Date
- 05/05/2026 10:04 AM
- Event Date
- 05/05/2026 08:42 PM
- Bet Type
- Over / Under
- Pick
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Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Under 214.5 (-115)
(BetMGM)
- Outcome
- Win
- Analysis
- ASA NBA play on UNDER 214.5 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder, 8:40 pm ET - Two takeaways from the Lakers/Rockets round one series….the Lakers defense is not that good, the Rockets offense was just bad, also the Lakers aren’t going to shoot like they did early on against this Thunder defense. The Lakers path for success in this series is to limit possessions as they did in RD1 with 92.40 possessions per game, lowest of the playoff teams. On the pace note, the Thunder saw a regression in their pace of play compared to their regular season numbers as they went from 100.37 possessions per game to just 96.75 possessions per game in the first round against Portland. Even after a hot shooting start to the series the Lakers offense is 12th in Net rating in the playoffs at 107.4 with an eFG% of 53.8%. The Lakers shot 53%, 46% and 41% from deep in the first two games of the series then dipped to 23% and 26% in Games 4-5. In game 6 they corrected to 43% from beyond the arc but also shot just 40% overall. It’s going to be tough to score against this Thunder D that was best in the league in FG% D allowing 43.8% on the season and was the #1 defensive efficiency team in the league allowing 1.078-points per possession. Granted, the Thunder are going to score in this game with their 1.288-points per possession playoff offense but with limited possessions and the Lakers potentially not scoring more than 95-points we have to bet UNDER in this one. In three of the four regular season meetings the Thunder held the Lakers to 87, 96 and 92-points.
