An NBA Game Day Preview between the Los Angeles Lakers Vs Philadelphia 76ers – StatementGames alternative Fantasy Basketball, play for FREE and WIN CASH Rewards.
When: 7:30 PM EST, January 27, 2021
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
TV: ESPN
Point Spread: 76ers +2.5
OVER/UNDER Game Total: 222.5
Los Angeles Lakers
Record: 14-4
Road Record: 10-0
ATS: 10-8
Philadelphia 76ers
Record: 12-6
Home Record: 9-1
ATS: 9-9
Los Angeles Lakers Vs Philadelphia 76ers Gameday Preview
The Los Angeles Lakers put their unbeaten road record on the line tonight in Philadelphia!
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers improved to 10-0 away from home on Monday at Cleveland, 115-108, as LeBron James celebrated his homecoming with a season-high 46 points on 19-of-26 shooting to go along with eight rebounds and six assists.
James scored 21 in the fourth quarter.
“When he’s playing like that, it’s fun to watch,” teammate Anthony Davis said. “When he had what 19, 17 in the first? It’s over. … He wasn’t missing. He was everywhere on the floor.”
Only four other players in NBA history have scored at least 46 points in a game once they reached the age of 36. The others? The late Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Jamal Crawford.
“Pretty awesome to see that he can still turn it up like that,” Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said. “The shot-making was just ridiculous.”
The Lakers weren’t scheduled to have any team activities on Tuesday so they could remember Bryant, who died one year ago. Last season in Philadelphia, James passed Bryant on the league’s all-time scoring list.
Philadelphia 76ers
The Sixers will enter this matchup with the best record in the Eastern Conference at 12-6. They have won nine of their first 10 games at home.
However, the 76ers are looking to rebound from a 119-104 loss in Detroit on Monday. The Sixers were without Joel Embiid (back) and fell to 0-4 without the All Star this season.
Embiid will be in the lineup when his team takes the floor against the Lakers.
“Yes, his back is tight and we want to get through the season with everyone healthy again,” Sixers coach Doc Rivers said of Embiid. “So it’s the right thing to do.”
Ben Simmons struggled heavily against the Detroit Pistons with just 11 points in 21 minutes. Seth Curry shot 2 of 10 and the 76ers never found any kind of offensive mojo.
“Without Joel and with Ben in early foul trouble, your team gets really thin,” Rivers said.
Embiid, the reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week, is clearly one of the candidates in the conversation for Most Valuable Player. That has been especially noticeable when he doesn’t play. The Sixers are simply not the same team.
Simmons, the No. 1 overall pick in 2016, hasn’t played to the level of years past. He has been reluctant to shoot and has lacked some aggressiveness.
“But ultimately, I just want to win,” Simmons said. “How I’m ready to do that is whether it’s getting 10 steals and no points and no rebounds or 50 assists, whatever it is, I’m going to do.”
Lakers Vs 76ers Facts
- Lakers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games.
- 76ers are 20-8 ATS in their last 28 home games.
- Lakers are 2-5 ATS in the last 7 meetings against Philadelphia.
Los Angeles Lakers Vs Philadelphia 76ers Alternative Fantasy Basketball-Statement Games Picks
Lakers 106 76ers 111
- Los Angeles Lakers Will NOT WIN By OVER 2.5 PTS
- Joel Embiid OVER 25.5 PTS
- Anthony Davis UNDER 30.5 PTS
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