Published on 10/11/2024 08:51 by Jérôme Lebreton | Modified on 10/11/2024 at 08:53 in NBA Prediction
Clash of extremes between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors during this 10th evening of the NBA. The meeting will be held at the Crypto.com Arena this Monday at 3:30 a.m. The Los Angeles Lakers started their season very well, but the team suffered a downturn afterwards. Despite a record of 5 wins for 4 losses, the franchise only occupies 11th place in the Western Conference standings. Without much surprise, JJ Redick’s men lost 134-110 on the floor of the leader, the Cleveland Cavaliers. They revived against the Toronto Raptors with a 131-125 victory. However, LeBron James and his teammates completely missed their match against the Detroit Pistons, losing 115-103. Their 131-114 defeat against the Memphis Grizzlies even allows their opponents to overtake them in the standings. Back in front of their home crowd, the Lakers finally returned to victory, 116-106, in authoritarian fashion against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Toronto is coming off a disappointing season, not even having made the playoffs. This new exercise is not much better, since the franchise occupies 14th place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 2 wins for 7 defeats. Darko Rajakovic’s men lost 125-131 against the Lakers and will try to make up for it this Monday. They reacted perfectly by surprising the Sacramento Kings 131-128 in overtime. However, the Kings took their revenge by beating Jakob Pöltl’s team 122-107. The Raptors then followed with two losses, 121-119 against the Denver Nuggets, then 105-103 against the Los Angeles Clippers, despite good resistance.
