Indiana at Los Angeles

The Lakers have a lot of issues. One is dealing with the ongoing Lonzo Ball saga, and simply not being a playoff caliber team since the departure of Kobe Bryant. They have bigger issues now as Lonzo Ball is out, along with Caldwell Pope, Kyle Kuzma, and Brandon Ingram are questionable for this game. That turns a team that has struggled to a 15-29 record into something much less. Indiana has more than held their own in what was suggested to be a retooling season. The Pacers are a surprising 24-21 and have won five of their last seven games. The strength in those seven games has been limiting five of the seven opponents to 44% shooting or less. The Lakers aren't good when they are whole, and will be much less than that tonight, so take the Pacers tonight.