DraftKings. Since returning from his midseason injury, Austin Reaves is under this combined line in 9/13 games played alongside both LeBron James and Luka Doncic. In what should be another grind of a game between two teams that sit in the bottom 11 of the league in pace, I don’t see Reaves getting the requisite volume he’d need to clear this line. I’d bet this down to under 28.5.

This feels like a prime letdown spot for a Lakers club that is in the second of a six-game road swing. They toppled the short-handed Rockets 100-92 on Monday night, but the return of big man Alperen Sengun should give Houston a needed boost as it aims to close the gap for the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

So tough to sweep one of these baseball-type series on the road in the NBA even against a bad team, much less a good one like Houston. I touch on this in today's newsletter, but I expect a very motivated Kevin Durant tonight after he played terribly in Monday's home loss to the Lakers. The Rockets also didn't have second-leading scorer and All-Star center Alperen Sengun, and he's back tonight. L.A. is rolling but also the front of a back-to-back with LeBron maybe peeking ahead to a return to Miami on Thursday.