Los Angeles Lakers vs Philadelphia 76ers Prediction, 12/9/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs Philadelphia 76ers

Date: Friday, December 9, 2022

Location: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Wells Fargo Center is where the Philadelphia 76ers will play the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.

The Lakers played the Raptors and ended up losing by a score of 126-113 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Lakers ended up with 17 while the Raptors accumulated 22 personal fouls. They also knocked down 12 of their 43 attempts from 3-point land. Toronto shot 83.3% from the charity stripe by knocking down 20 of 24 tries. Furthermore, Toronto pulled down 54 boards (17 offensive, 37 defensive) and had 3 blocked shots. Toronto earned 25 dimes and had 10 steals for this contest. In regard to defending, Los Angeles allowed their opponent to shoot 44.3% from the field on 47 out of 106 shooting. They also doled out 16 assists for this contest as well as forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and getting 6 steals. When it comes to grabbing boards, they earned 46 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Lakers made 32 of their 35 tries for a rate of 91.4%. Los Angeles finished having earned a 42.5% field goal percentage (37 out of 87) and buried 7 out of their 33 three-point shots.

Thomas Bryant is one player who was a major contributor in this game. Bryant went 60.0% from the floor and recorded 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 32 minutes and also grabbed 5 rebounds. He racked up 16 points on 3 out of 5 shooting.

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Los Angeles comes into this game with a record of 10-14 for the season. They turn it over 14.6 times per game and as a squad are committing 18.4 fouls every game. As a team, Los Angeles is grabbing 45.8 boards per contest and has accounted for 584 dimes on the season, which has them ranked 24th in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Lakers are shooting 31.7% on shots from beyond the arc (231 of 729) and 80.6% from the charity stripe. They average 114.2 pts per contest (12th in the league) while shooting 46.9% from the floor.

On defense, the Lakers are forcing their opponents into 12.8 turnovers per contest and they draw 21.4 personal fouls. They are 15th in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 624 surrendered on the season. The Lakers defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 46.3% (1,056 of 2,279) and they surrender 46.8 rebounds per game as a unit. They are surrendering 33.3% from beyond the arc while they are 21st in the league in PPG from their opponents (115.6).

The last time they took the court, the 76ers took a loss by a score of 132-123 when they faced the Rockets. The 76ers corralled 28 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive boards for a total of 39 for the game. They coughed up the ball 19 times, while getting 10 steals in the game. The Rockets had 27 personal fouls in this contest which got the 76ers to the charity stripe for 36 shots. They were able to convert 28 of those for a clip of 77.8%. With regard to shots from 3-point land, Philadelphia knocked down 17 out of their 36 attempts (47.2%). Overall, the 76ers shot 39 for 87 from the field which had them sitting at 44.8%. The 76ers allowed the Rockets to knock down 42 out of their 94 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.7% for this game. They finished 35.9% from downtown by shooting 14 of 39 and ended up going 34 of 44 from the free throw line (77.3%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Philadelphia permitted Houston to pull down 51 in total (16 on the offensive glass).

Joel Embiid was important for the 76ers for this contest. He buried 12 of 21 in this game for a rate of 57.1%, and had 7 rebounds. Embiid earned 39 points in his 35 minutes on the court and earned 3 assists in this matchup.

Philadelphia has a win-loss record of 12-12 this season. The 76ers commit 20.1 fouls per game while shooting 80.9% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 23.3 times per game (24th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 14.5 times per game. Philadelphia has scored 2,615 pts this year (109.0 per game) and they grab 39.9 boards per contest. In terms of offensive execution, the 76ers are connecting on 47.0% from the field, which is ranked 14th in the league.

The Philadelphia defense allows 32.8% on 3-pointers (254 of 774) and opponents are knocking down 76.7% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 23.8 dimes and 43.0 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 8th and 12th in the league. The 76ers defensively are ranked 2nd in basketball in PPG surrendered with 107.6. They are able to force 15.8 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.9% from the floor (17th in basketball).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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