Heading into Monday night's matchup, the Philadelphia 76ers own the third-worst record in the NBA, just barely ahead of the fourth-worst Los Angeles Lakers. The 76ers will be looking for their third home victory in four chances. Don't forget, the league's third-worst record has 15.6 percent chance at winning the top pick at the NBA draft lottery, compared to the 11.9 percent chance for the fourth-worst record.
Line: 76ers -4.5, Total: 192.5
AccuScore has the 76ers as slight 55.4 percent favorites to win Monday night. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000-plus simulations is 100.6-99.9.
AccuScore Best Bet: There's a 58.4 percent chance the Lakers cover a +4.5 spread, a four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. In the past week, AccuScore has gone 28-23 (54.9%, +270 units) when picking against the spread. When the home team has been favored by 4 to 5.5 points, AccuScore has gone 3-0 (100%, +300 units).
Keep in mind that Philadelphia is 12-5 ATS in its last 17 games at home.
Projected Leaders
Jordan Clarkson: 14 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 TOs
Nerlens Noel: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 2 TOs
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