Playing on the road, LeBron James begins with the advantage in the matchup against Stephen Curry
Lakers start series with W
The most awaited series so far in the NBA Playoffs finally began. And it was not in the most predictable way. The Los Angeles Lakers start the series with a W on the road, playing in San Francisco. This can be decisive as it is expected that teams playing at home always have an advantage.
As expected, the game was great. Both teams played at their finest and scored a lot of points. However, it is possible that we see even more points in the next games. They will play again tomorrow in San Francisco on Game 2 and the series continues with Game 3 on the weekend, this time in Los Angeles.
LeBron James and Stephen Curry didn’t have their finest performances, especially because of their teammates. But they still did well. The Lakers were winning by one point at halftime when the scoreboard showed 65-64. In the second half, they spread up this advantage until getting to the final score of 117-112.
Best Performances
As we mentioned, LeBron and Steph had good performances, but their teammates got better ones. Two players even recorded 23 rebounds, as well as five 20+ points performances. Check out the best individual numbers of the game.
Los Angeles Lakers
- Anthony Davis – 30 PTS/23 REB/5 AST
- LeBron James – 22 PTS/11 REB
- D’Angelo Russell – 19 PTS/6 AST
- Dennis Schröder – 19 PTS
Golden State Warriors
- Stephen Curry – 27 PTS/6 REB
- Klay Thompson – 25 PTS
- Jordan Poole – 21 PTS/6 AST
- Kevon Looney – 10 PTS/23 REB/5 AST
Bets
We were expecting a better performance from the Golden State Warriors, so we had a couple of reds on the team picks for them. Other than that, it was a decent performance in our predictions. Check out the outcome of all of them.
- GS Warriors -4.5 (GSW lost by 5)
- Over 227.0 points (229 points)
- D’Angelo Russell over 15.5 points (19 points)
- Jarred Vanderbilt over 5.5 points (8 points)
- Klay Thompson under 23.5 points (25 points)
- LeBron James over 42.5 points, rebounds and assists combined (22 PTS/11 REB/4 AST = 37 total)
- Stephen Curry over 43.5 points, rebounds and assists combined (27 PTS/6 REB/3 AST = 36 total)
- LA Lakers over 111.5 points (117 points)
- GS Warriors over 115.5 points (112 points)
- LeBron James has a triple-double (22 PTS/11 REB/4 AST)
