The Los Angeles Lakers (14-51) can equal their longest winning streak of the season—and win their third game in a row as betting underdogs at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark for the first time this year—when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers (45-18) on Thursday.
When the Lakers put together their only other three-game winning streak between December 30 and January 3, one of their victories came as 2.5-point home favorites against the Philadelphia 76ers.
That obviously will not be the case this time around since Los Angeles will have faced the best team in the West, the Golden State Warriors, and the East within a five-day stretch.
The Lakers upset the defending NBA champion Warriors 112-95 on Sunday as massive 17.5-point home underdogs. They followed that up with a 107-98 victory against the Orlando Magic as four-point home dogs on Tuesday without leading scorer Kobe Bryant, who is again listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.
The Cavaliers own a 2.5-game lead over the Toronto Raptors for the top seed in the Eastern Conference following a 120-111 win over the Sacramento Kings as seven-point road favorites Wednes ...
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