On a weekday, I'd wait until about 9:30 ET to make this play and I recommend you do too. Half the Hawks roster is questionable and while some may play, conditioning will be a factor and it's the fifth game on a seven-game road trip. Probably not much energy left. The Lakers are quite healthy other than Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook actually turned the ball over zero times in the last game. That's like Elle Macpherson finally agreeing to meet me for dinner (extremely unlikely). Maybe Russ is figuring things out. We will take the rested Lakers against an iffy, tired team.

Los Angeles has won three straight home games and will face an Atlanta team that'll have to depend on a slew of game-time decisions. Trae Young and John Collins are the big names who aren't guaranteed to play. LeBron James and Russell are good to go, though. I'll back the team running hot at home with multiple healthy stars.