This is a 1* FREE PLAY on the Lakers.

This is the first time these teams have played against each other this season, so there's no revenge factor or anything to base this upon.

Phoenix would love to take advantage of this Lakers team with no Anthony Davis and score a victory on their own floor, but LeBron James and the Lakers have only recently broken out of a long slide themselves, so I don't see them taking anything for granted here.

And with a game tomorrow night in Sacramento, I like the Lakers to build off their consecutive victories and to find a way to get the job done here, before hitting the road immediately after. Consider the home side in this one.

Good luck, NP