Who is playing
Los Angeles Lakers @ New York Knicks
Current records: Los Angeles 26-19, New York 32-16
How to look
- When: Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 8:30 pm et
- Where: Madison Square Garden – New York, New York
- TV: alphabet
- Continue: CBS sports application
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- Ticket cost: $ 399.00
What to know
Lakers’ fans expect the team to play a game of a game on Saturday, since probabilities are decidedly against them. His road trip will continue while facing the New York Knicks at 8:30 pm et in Madison Square Garden. Both enter the confrontation reinforced by victories in their previous matches.
The Lakers are aimed at scoring the greatest number of points they have throughout the season. They simply could not stop on Thursday, as they easily beat the Wizards 134-96. With Los Angeles ahead 78-45 in half, the game was over.
The Lakers obtained their victory in the back of several key players, but it was Shake Milton in front, who was 7 by 8 on the way to 21 points plus two robberies. Milton’s performance compensated a slower match against 76ers on Tuesday. Another player who made the difference was LeBron James, who dropped a double double in 24 points and 11 assists.
The Lakers were working as a unit and finished the game with 31 assists. They easily exceeded their opponents in that department, since the Wizards only published 18.
Meanwhile, the Knicks entered Wednesday’s contest with four consecutive victories (a section where they surpassed their opponents for an average of 18.3 points) and left with more impulse. They came out at the top against Denver for a score of 122-112.
It was another great night for Jalen Brunson, who dropped a double in 30 points and 15 assists. That is the greatest amount of assists since November 2024.
Los Angeles is on a streak lately: they have won five of their last six clashes, which provided a mass increase with their 26-19 record this season. As for New York, they promoted their record at 32-16 with the victory, which was his consecutive room at home.
While the fans of the two teams were happy after their last exit, their trainers were probably not like any of the covered teams. Looking to the future, the Knicks probably waited for anxious is considering their advantage of 10.5 in propagation. This contest will be its consecutive tenth as the favorites (until now in this section they are 6-3 against propagation).
The Lakers were able to achieve a solid victory over the Knicks in their previous confrontation in February 2024, winning 113-105. Do the Lakers have another victory under the sleeve, or the Knicks will make the tables? We will have the answer soon.
Odd
New York is a great favorite of 10.5 points against Los Angeles, according to the last NBA probabilities.
Patients of patients had a good idea of the line for this, since the game opened with the Knicks as a 10 -point favorite.
The Over/Under is 225.5 points.
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Series history
Los Angeles has won 6 of their last 10 games against New York.
- February 3, 2024 – Los Angeles 113 vs. New York 105
- December 18, 2023 – New York 114 vs. Los Angeles 109
- March 12, 2023 – New York 112 vs. Los Angeles 108
- January 31, 2023 – Los Angeles 129 vs. New York 123
- February 5, 2022 – Los Angeles 122 vs. New York 115
- November 23, 2021 – New York 106 vs. Los Angeles 100
- May 11, 2021 – Los Angeles 101 vs. New York 99
- April 12, 2021 – New York 111 vs. Los Angeles 96
- January 22, 2020 – Los Angeles 100 vs. New York 92
- January 7, 2020 – Los Angeles 117 vs. New York 87
