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Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns odds, picks and predictions (Oakridger)

The Los Angeles Lakers (29-37) face the Phoenix Suns (53-14) on the road Sunday. Tip-off is 9 p.m. ET at Footprint Center. Below, we look at the Lakers vs.

Suns -7.5 (-122) U: -112) Suns odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.

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5 takeaways from Phoenix Suns obliterating Los Angeles Lakers (AZCentral.com)

Deandre Ayton was going to work on the inside against the much shorter Stanley Johnson in a lineup that started LeBron James at center. Devin Booker was on fire ...

However, Chris Paul was playing with basically one arm the first three games after injuring his shoulder in Game 1. He took advantage of the Lakers trying to play small against him. Follow him on Twitter at @DuaneRankin. The two days between Game 3 and 4 served Paul well as he scored 18 points in Game 4 in leading the Suns to victory to even the series. He tried to play in Game 6, but re-aggravated the groin and had an early exit while Booker cooked the Lakers for a playoff career-high 47 points. Would the Lakers have won the series with a healthy Anthony Davis? Carmelo Anthony added 18, but the Lakers are nine games under .500 for a reason and the Suns are s wins from reaching 60 for a reason. But this was even uglier Sunday as the Suns led by as many as 35 points in winning a sixth straight game over the Lakers dating back to last year's playoffs. Ayton got back to getting on the boards in grabbing a game-high 16 to go with 23 points on 11-of-14 shooting. As well as they played, to keep this real, the Lakers are a bad team right now, but the Suns made them look even worse. 1. The Suns don't like to lose two in a row. The Suns scored 48 points – in the first quarter – in taking a 26-point lead after 12 minutes of their 140-111 Sunday beatdown of the Lakers before a sellout crowd of 17,071 at Footprint Center.

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Phoenix Suns pounce on lifeless Lakers for season-high 140 points (Arizona Sports)

The Los Angeles Lakers went through the motions on Sunday in Phoenix and the Suns took full advantage of it in a blowout win.

Instead of just taking the high route and going, you have to make a comment like that." You were in a safe enough range to swap the channel from there, which I’m sure some of you did. He said it was, that the Suns know that and Phoenix “got away with one,” per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. And you look at history along the lines, there's something that comes up for every team during every season. … There's a lot of if's in this game. LeBron James and Russell Westbrook were disinterested in the notion of full, complete defensive efforts. It’s kind of funny.” “We did that to start the game. “And you look at history along the lines, there’s something that comes up for every team during every season. Create whatever analogy you would like out of that. Once the Lakers started missing, the Suns made a point to test Los Angeles’ transition defense. … There’s a lot of if’s in this game,” Booker said.

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Watch Suns vs. Lakers: TV channel, live stream info, start time (CBSSports.com)

Both the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers have kept the scorekeepers busy with 211 between them three quarters in. It's looking more and more like ...

- Jan 03, 2016 - Los Angeles 97 vs. - Nov 06, 2016 - Los Angeles 119 vs. - Mar 09, 2017 - Los Angeles 122 vs. Los Angeles didn't have too much trouble with the Washington Wizards at home this past Friday as they won 122-109. The Los Angeles Lakers have been on the wrong side of a one-way rivalry with the Phoenix Suns and are hoping to record their first win since May 27 of last year. - Nov 13, 2017 - Los Angeles 100 vs. - May 09, 2021 - Los Angeles 123 vs. - Nov 12, 2019 - Los Angeles 123 vs. - May 25, 2021 - Los Angeles 109 vs. It's looking more and more like Phoenix's high-powered offense is just too much for Los Angeles as the Suns lead 121-90. - May 27, 2021 - Los Angeles 109 vs. Booker does need to be careful, however, as he is in foul trouble with four.

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Los Angeles Lakers vs Phoenix Suns Mar 13, 2022 Game - Scores ... (NBA.com)

LeBron James led the Lakers, who have lost 10 straight road games, with 31 points, seven rebounds and six assists. He did not play in the fourth quarter. James ...

The Lakers had seven turnovers and were 1 of 10 on 3-point attempts. The Suns broke it open in the first five minutes. He doesn't look like he's closing in on 40. Ayton's double-double came after a text exchange with coach Monty Williams following the Suns' loss to Toronto on Friday night. Vogel called his return sometime this season a ''100% maybe.'' And to sit alone in a stat, I'll say cool, but it doesn't quite make sense to me.'' James reached a milestone with his 10,000th career assist in the second quarter on Carmelo Anthony's 3-pointer. The 140 points were a season high for the Suns. The dreams I had of being in this league at the highest level and to now sit alone in a statistical category in this league. He's like, `I can work down there.' I've been around long enough to know his intentions and he backed it up.'' I model my game after being able to score, rebound and assist. Mikal Bridges added 18 points to help Phoenix move 40 games over .500 at 54-14.

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