The LA Lakers have heated up down the stretch, covering the spread in five straight games while winning four of those five outright. Here they'll visit a reeling OKC Thunder side that has won just two of its last nine straight up. The Thunder are 5-16 ATS in their last 21 games overall and 2-12 ATS in their last 14 vs. Western Conference foes.

Lakers superstar LeBron James will sit out the rest of the season, but that might be a bad thing as it'll give the young members of the squad even more motivation to step up their game and a chance to shine. Backup point guard Alex Caruso: "Every game for me is a job application, is me going out there and showing this is where I'm supposed to be - I'm one of the best 350 to 400 players in the world and I want to be in this league."

I don't think OKC should be giving this many points to any team in the league right now.

Free pick on LA Lakers.

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