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New York Knicks vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/06/25

Updated: 12:52 PM ET Mar 06, 2025

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Point Spread Pick

LA Lakers -3.5(-110)NY Knicks @ LA Lakers

Reasoning

The marquee game in the association on Thursday takes place in Los Angeles, where the Lakers will host the New York Knicks in a battle of a pair of historic NBA franchises at the Crypto.com Arena. From a situational perspective, this is a tough spot for the Knicks, as New York just had to play a physical game in a loss to the Warriors at Madison Square Garden, and will now be making the cross-country trip to battle a Lakers team that has played 5 consecutive games at home, dating back to February 25. What’s also a problem for the Knicks is the injury report, as New York could be without Karl-Anthony Towns (personal reasons), OG Anunoby (thumb), Precious Achiuwa (hamstring) and Mitchell Robinson (ankle). While I do expect at least a couple of these key pieces to suit up, New York will likely be compromised in some form on both sides of the ball. That doesn’t bode well with the Lakers firing on all cylinders of late, especially at home.

Los Angeles was already exceeding expectations a bit this season, but the Lakers’ aspirations were turned up a notch following the acquisition of Luka Doncic in February. It took a few games, but the superstar guard has meshed well with LeBron James and the Lakers offense is starting to look like a well-oiled machine. That spells trouble for a Knicks defense that is already the weak link of the team and has struggled mightily against high-level competition to this point in the season. New York already finds it tough to protect the rim and defend the perimeter, and those issues would only be exacerbated without the likes of Anunoby or Robinson in the lineup. Not being able to defend well in rotation is exactly what you don’t want against a Lakers offense that will spread you out and cause mismatches all over the floor with the high basketball IQ of Doncic and James. Given my concerns with the Knicks’ roster heading into this game and the way the Lakers have played of late, I can only look at Los Angeles on Thursday.

Knicks vs Lakers prediction: Lakers -3.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to 4.

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Same Game Parlay

Player Threes Made

J. Hart (NY) - Under 0.5 threes

Player Double-Double

J. Hart to record a double-double

Player Steals+Blocks

J. Hayes (LAL) - Over 1.5 STL+BLKs

Reasoning

Josh Hart under 0.5 threes (+120)

Josh Hart has been having issues from beyond the arc of late. His struggles started in January where he knocked down just 25% of his three-point attempts. That fell to 23.8% in February. Over his last 6 games, he has knocked down just 1 of his 11 three-point attempts, going without a shot from beyond the arc in 2 of those contests.

The Lakers are one of the best teams at defending the perimeter too, ranking 5th in opponent three-point percentage over the last 10 games. They have been allowing opponents to make just 32.4% of their attempts. Both teams have ranked in the bottom 10 of the league in pace which should reduce the number of possessions both sides see here. This does not seem like the game where Hart will break out of his slump.

Josh Hart to record a double-double – Yes (+165)

One thing that Hart has had success in doing is stuffing the stat sheet. He recorded a triple-double in his last meeting against the Lakers in February and could have similar success here. He remains the best rebounding guard in the league and has averaged 9.4 rebounds per game over his last 8 contests. The Lakers are 4th in the league over the last 10 games in three-point attempts, meaning there should be plenty of long rebounding opportunities for guards like Hart to chase down.

Jaxson Hayes is also far from a dominant rebounder too, averaging 5.2 per game over the last 10 contests. Hart should have a chance to sneak some offensive rebounds in too. The Knicks guard has double-digit points in 10 of his last 12 games and the assists could be a nice insurance on this pick too.

Jaxson Hayes over 1.5 steals & blocks (-135)

Lakers center Hayes has been a consistent rim protector over recent games. He has recorded a block in 15 of his last 17 games, including in his last meeting against the Knicks. His opponents are 25th in opponent blocks per game over their last 10 contests so have been prone to getting their shots swatted away. Hayes should be the one collecting them here.

In his last game against New York, the Lakers center also recorded 3 steals in the game. It tied his season high in steals so it would not be a surprise to see him manage at least 1 here tonight. He will be matched up against Karl-Anthony Towns, who is 2nd in usage on the Knicks roster. It should give the Lakers man plenty of opportunities to not only contest shots but to also pick up steals trying to deny him the ball.

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The Lakers have won 16 of their last 20 games at home.

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4 of the Lakers' last 5 home matchups against the Knicks have stayed Under the total.

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