LA Clippers visit Los Angeles Lakers early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Clippers went W-L-L-W-L and Lakers went W-L-L-L-L over their last five.
Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Lakers: about 70% to win, with a projected score of LA Clippers 111, Los Angeles Lakers 117. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 8 times in our recent records. Lakers lead 5-3, and the average margin has been 2.3 points in favor of Lakers.
On the injury report, Collin Sexton (LAL), Cameron Carr (LAL), Adou Thiero (LAL), and Bradley Beal (LAC) are listed as out.