Lakers vs 76ers Betting Lines: Lakers Look to Bounce Back in Philly
Embiid, Davis Take Center Stage

Stars Set to Shine in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia 76ers play host to the Lakers in a game that should see both NBA teams roll out their All-Star players. James Harden made his return to action last game for the 76ers as they ran out 132-123 winners in 2OT on his return to Houston.
The Sixers will be hoping they can keep Harden and Joel Embiid on the floor together as they look to build on a slow start to the regular season.
Meanwhile, the Lakers will be hoping for similar continuity from their stars as Anthony Davis and LeBron James look to return to the starting lineup after sitting out the teams 126-113 loss in Toronto.
The home side opened as -3.0 point favorites for this one and took some early action that shifted the number to -3.5 across the board. The total for this one is set at 225.0 points.
Lakers vs 76ers
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Location: Wells Fargo Center
Embiid Returning to MVP Level
After struggling to reach his usual heights in the opening weeks of the season it seems Embiid is back to the level that saw him in the running to take home last seasons league MVP award.
So far this season he’s averaging 31.9 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists while shooting 51.4% from the floor. The question for the Sixers is whether they can find a way to have him dominate in that manner when sharing the floor with Harden.
Doc Rivers has struggled to find a style that maximises the skillsets of his two stars. The slower, halfcourt style allows Embiid to matchup and get to his spots, but limits what Harden can do in attacking the paint in transition and getting to the bucket uncontested.
Given the way the Lakers try to push pace to ignite their offense the outcome of this could come down to which team is better able to wrestle control of the tempo. Getting Embiid involved on Anthony Davis could be a good way to unsettle the Laker stars offense by forcing him to work harder on the defensive end of the floor.
Lakers Hoping for Healthy Davis
There’s no denying that Davis was the hottest player in the league when the team arrived in Cleveland earlier this week. He played just 8 minutes before leaving with illness and then sat out their trip to Toronto.
LA is an entirely different team when the Lakers are able to run their offense through AD, which makes his status for a matchup with arguably the most dominant Center in the league even more important.
Both LeBron and Davis are listed as probable on the NBA injury report tonight but showing up won’t be enough if the team are to finish their east coast road trip on a high.
In his lone meeting against Embiid and the Sixers last season, Davis dropped 31 points and 12 rebounds on a night where his team scored just 87 points on the road. A similar effort with a full supporting cast could spell an entirely different outcome to the 18-point loss they suffered that night.
We anticipate the home team to be the ones able to control the tempo in this one, which should mean plenty of half court sets and late shot clock execution.
Both teams currently rank in the bottom half of the league in Offensive Rating, but both are in the top half of the league in Defensive Rating. We anticipate the home team to be the ones able to control the tempo in this one, which should mean plenty of half court sets and late shot clock execution.
While both teams are susceptible to giving up easy buckets in transition we’d expect this to be played with a playoff feel to it. The total seems quite high for a game with two top defenses and a low projected number of possessions and the Under stands out as the top angle in this NBA matchup.
That wraps up our Lakers vs 76ers Betting Lines analysis. Be sure to check out all our NBA content for the best betting angles on NBA spreads.
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