Betting Results:
Head to Head: Lakers, odds 1.129
Line: Lakers (-12.5), odds 1.948 - winning tip
Total Points: Over (234.5), odds 1.901 - winning tip

Pre-game Prediction
Jazz, 12.9%
Lakers, 87.1%

We hit 2 from 3 winning tips in this one, and if Luka hadn't sat out the entire 4th quarter might have had a full house.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 14 points, five rebounds and four assists in his Lakers debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 132-113 on Monday night.

Lauri Markkanen scores 32 points to lead Jazz past Lakers 131-119

ByJOHN COON AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored 32 points and had a season-high three steals to lead the Utah Jazz to a 131-119 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.

Jordan Clarkson had 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to help Utah end a three-game slide. Keyonte George added 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds off the bench.

LeBron James finished with 18 points, seven assists and six rebounds for Los Angeles. Rui Hachimura scored a team-high 19 points and Luka Doncic added 16. Austin Reaves added 15 points and 11 assists.

Utah used a 19-6 run punctuated by back-to-back alley-oop dunks from Walker Kessler to take a 56-45 lead late in the second quarter. Kessler also dominated defensively before halftime with a season-high five blocks.

James and Reaves made back-to-back 3s off consecutive Jazz turnovers to cut the deficit to 74-69. The Lakers drew no closer.

Clarkson powered a 22-2 run with three straight layups and Kessler capped it with a tip-in dunk to extend Utah’s lead to 96-71 with 3:06 left in the third quarter. Los Angeles went five minutes with only one basket until Hachimura’s 3-pointer started a string of five straight field goals for the Lakers.

Takeaways

Lakers: Bronny James scored a career-high nine points in the fourth quarter.

Jazz: Utah has won three of four at home, equaling its win total over the team’s first 20 home games.

Key moment

Utah broke open a close game in the third quarter, scoring on eight straight possessions during its decisive 22-2 run.

Key stat

Isaiah Collier dished out nine assists, marking his sixth straight game with nine or more.

This is how we previewed this game....

It's Luka time! We are concentrating our minds on what has become the most anticipated game of the season so far, the debut of Luka Doncic for the LA Lakers.

Over 234.5 at odds of 1.88

Absolutely tonnes going on at the Lakers who are averaging 126 points per game across this W5 streak. We've got Doncic trade and debut, Davis exit, Williams trade then cancel, LeBron having a rest on Saturday and of course Austin Reaves scoring 45 against the Pacers. Then you've got Utah conceding 131 points per game in their last three. Nothing is guaranteed in the NBA, but Over 234.5 is a very decent bet.

Returns $18.80 for a $10 bet

Lakers (-12.5) at odds of 1.93

if you can get -12.5 snap call it immediately. Many sportsbooks are already at 13.5 and we imagine the game will go off at 14.5. Lakers are W5 and covered the spread in all five. Jazz have covered in three of their last nine. Luka, King James and Reaves, we can see LAL hitting north of 135 points, Utah will get nowhere near that. A twenty point margin wouldn't be surprising.

Returns $19.30 for a $10 bet

Luka Doncic Over 7.5 Assists at odds of 2.04

We can't possibly NOT include Luka! Like the Handicap bet above, snap call if you can find 7.5 Assists, many books are listing at 8.5. Doncic will be in full on supply train mode tonight, we can expect big scores from Reaves and James. A Luke Double-Double is very much on the cards as he averages almost 11 against bottom third defenses.

Returns $20.40 for a $10 bet

Two outta three ain't bad, our game bets both romped home, with a game total of 245, and the Lakers winning by 19 points, our Luka bet missed, #77 got 4 assists in a decent-but-not-spectacular debut which saw him sit out the entire 4th quarter as a precaution, and to completely f*ck our bet.

$30 in stakes turned into $38.10 of returns for a 27% profit is a nice result, even if Lazy Luke screwed our Assists bet.