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The Warriors will host the Lakers in Golden State Warriors VS Los Angeles Lakers; a tough Game 5 showdown, tonight live at the Chase Center. 

Los Angeles is a match away from entering the Western Conference finals, winning both games in their home, after splitting the first two matches of the series. The Lakers won five games out of eight this season, displaying dominance in this match. 

Today’s game should be highly entertaining for fans to watch, especially with the type of series on the line.

Use MatchPlug’s Todays Prediction to find the NBA Predictions Tonight for Golden State Warriors VS Los Angeles Lakers.

• Venue: Chase Center, San Francisco, California
• When: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
• Time: 19:00 GMT
• Teams to play: Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers
• NBA Expert Picks: SPREAD -7.5

Odds by BetMGM and 1XBet.

Regular Season Record: 44-38

• 1XBet Spread: -7.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 1.37
• 1XBet Over/Under: Over 225.5
• BetMGM Spread: -7.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 1.30
• BetMGM Over/Under: Under 2225.5

The Golden State Warriors fought their way back to take one in seven games after being down 0-2 in their first-round series. Being down 3-1, they’ll need to win the next three games if they want to enter the Western Conference finals. Having the best home record in the NBA at 36-10 should provide some help, even if they already lost to Los Angeles at Chase Center twice this season.

The biggest issue for the Warriors seems to be a lack of consistency, especially after playing three varying starting lineups across the four matches so far. This plus indecisiveness in key moments and it will be clear why they are now at the bottom. Golden State has had their back against the wall before, so it will be interesting to see how they respond to this one.

Just like the Lakers, the Warriors are healthy in this regard too. They can play in the absence of three players, but none of these absences will affect the results tonight. Patrick Baldwin Jr. with a toe injury is questionable, and Andre Iguodala (wrist) and Ryan Rollins (foot) are out.

Steph Curry (30.6 ppg) continues to lead the team with a historic postseason run but the lack of consistent assistance, particularly with the talent surrounding him is disappointing. Klay Thompson delivered only 9 points on Monday night, while the drop-off of any sort of frontcourt attack hinders the team too. They had the second-ranked offense in the NBA and placed top 10 in almost all offensive categories, plus offensive rebounding. Until they start shelling out more success on the offensive glass or from three-point range, they will keep struggling with the Lakers and their balanced scoring attack.

Regular Season Record: 43-39

• 1XBet Spread: +7.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 4.02
• 1XBet Over/Under: Under 225.5
• BetMGM Spread: +7.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 3.60
• BetMGM Over/Under: Over 225.5

The Los Angeles Lakers dominated this series to now become a win away from the next round. Despite their losing record on the road this season, winning already at the Chase Center in this series should boost their confidence, beyond being up 3-1 in the series. The Lakers’ size caused a lot of problems on both ends for Golden State and although their depth has been hit or miss sometimes, they’ve played well enough to secure three wins. With two of their wins coming from single digits too, this next one may follow the same route.

Staying relatively healthy this postseason has helped the Lakers immensely and it’s no surprise that their play improved as they continuously had everyone available. Mo Bamba’s status is questionable with an ankle injury. It is unlikely that his absence will change the direction of Game 5.

Los Angeles has had the upper hand throughout this series and it began with their tenacity on defense. Although they were ranked 20th in the NBA in scoring defense this year, they strongly defended the three-point line all season, which is key in this series so far. 

Anthony Davis (21.4 ppg, 14.0 RPG) leads the Lakers on the offensive end. Davis’ power in dominating frontcourt has caused a series of changes for the Warriors to adjust, as the Lakers remain one step ahead. Of course, there is also Lebron James (22.6 ppg) leading the way, including the supporting players that rapidly grew over the last few games.

MatchPlug Prediction

The Warriors may win this game and they’ll heavily rely on homecourt advantage to pull this one off. They lost just 10 games all season at the Chase Center and even with the Lakers bringing two of those defeats, their numbers show they are ready for a comeback.

Weak shooting has hurt the team, but Curry will get more support from the star players surrounding him. Fans should monitor how Kerr and the staff will adjust again, while Los Angeles will have an off night as they focus on winning the series.

In addition, the Warriors according to covers.com, are 4-1 ATS in their last five games succeeding an ATS loss.

Final Prediction: Golden State Warriors spread.

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