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00:00Let's dive right in, Becky Oye.
00:02California Clash, late night in Los Angeles,
00:04in basically a pick-em between the Lakers and the Warriors.
00:08If you've listened to Donnie Wright's side,
00:10he has not exactly loved handicapping
00:12the end of the regular season in the NBA.
00:14It is hard to get a feel of what roster
00:16is going to be out there,
00:17what is the motivation for this team,
00:19are they in the playoff race,
00:21hunting down a play-in tournament spot,
00:23all of that good stuff.
00:24Well, it seems as tonight, fully healthy on both sides,
00:27both teams trying to improve their playoff positioning
00:30in the final week and a half of this regular season,
00:33leading to that pick-em number.
00:34So Becky Oye, how fun of a game is this
00:36to handicap tonight in Los Angeles?
00:39Yeah, this is basically the ideal spot, late season NBA.
00:42Like we have two teams, like you said, fully healthy,
00:44they both have very clear motivation to play and win.
00:47We're not dealing with some dramatic lines
00:49as we saw the other day, like,
00:51or not just between these teams,
00:52but dating back with past days,
00:54we're seeing sprites that are like 14, 15 points.
00:56Close game, two teams fighting for spots.
00:59I really like the under in this game,
01:00and it's among those things that you said.
01:02Again, we have teams that are
01:03fighting for playoff positioning.
01:04The Nuggets have lost two in a row,
01:06which means the Lakers have jumped up to the three seed.
01:09Now, I don't think they're going to jump up to the two seed,
01:10I just don't think they'll catch the Rockets at this point,
01:13but the Warriors are playing great ball.
01:15Both teams are still in the top 10
01:16when it comes to defensive rating.
01:17So very clear motivation of playing and winning.
01:20You know, Donnie, we could talk about rotations,
01:23like this is the spot that we know who to trust.
01:25We know everything about these two teams
01:27at this point in the season.
01:28So it's not like we're seeing the Lakers play the Spurs,
01:31even though obviously the Spurs
01:32bring up a nice performance last night,
01:33but we have two teams that want to play defense,
01:36need to come away with a win,
01:37and I'm gonna say take under 229 and a half,
01:39that's where it was last night.
01:40I still think it's playable at 229.