Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers Prediction: Will LeBron James Dish It Out Against Suns?
The Phoenix Suns travel to Los Angeles tonight to take on the Lakers. Will LeBron James dish it out against the Suns? Hollywood Picks shares his best bet for the game.
Hollywood Picks - January 11, 2024, 11:19 AM EST
5 minPhoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers Prediction: Will LeBron James Dish It Out Against Suns?
This is a game full of stars so I see it being competitive and high scoring. LeBron James has been on an assists rampage this season and I see this continuing for him tonight against the Suns.
Suns vs. Lakers Date, Time, and Where to Watch
- Date: January 11, 2024
- Game Time: 10:00 pm ET
- Where to Watch: TNT
Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers Prediction
LeBron James has gone over this line in 17 out of 35 games this season averaging 7.5 assists. Since D'Angelo Russell has moved to the bench, LeBron's playmaking duties has increased. He has been averaging 57.7 passes, 8.3 assists on 13.7 potential compared to 48.1 passes, 7.2 assists on 12.1 potential before D-lo moved to the bench.
LeBron has a pretty big discrepancy when it comes to assists at home compared to on the road. At home he is averaging 8.4 assists and on the road he is averaging just 6.5 assists. More specially, since the D-lo trade, LeBron has had 7+ in ever game at home averaging nine assists compared to on the road averaging seven assists.
The past few times we have targeted LeBron have been against primarily against poor rim defenses mainly due to the fact that Anthony Davis dominates the paint. However, they come against the Suns who have been allowing the fourth lowest field goal attempts at the rim. But, I don't see Jusuf Nurkic being able to stop AD's offensive production and the run that he has been on recently and I don't see this harming LeBron's assists.
Even if we look at the past three games LeBron played against the Suns this season, LeBron put up nine assists, six assists, and 11 assists. Keep in mind that all three of these games, D-lo was still in the starting lineup and took up 19 assists amongst these three games.
Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers Pick
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