LA Lakers at Brooklyn Nets 4/10/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Los Angeles Lakers look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Big Apple Saturday to play the Brooklyn Nets. Los Angeles is 32-20 following a 110-104 loss to the Miami Heat on Thursday. Los Angeles continues to play without its two stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis and the Lakers have alternated between wins and losses in each of their last six games played.

In the absence of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the leading scorer for Los Angeles is Dennis Schroder with an average of 15.2 points per game, while the leading active rebounder is Kyle Kuzma with an average of 6.8 rebounds per game and the leader in assists is Schroder with an average of 5.2 per game. Los Angeles is scoring an average of 110.0 points per game and allowing an average of 106.7 points per game.

Brooklyn looks for its second consecutive victory on Saturday when hosting Los Angeles. The Nets are 36-16 following a 139-111 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday. Kevin Durant scored 17 points in his first game back after missing 23 games with a hamstring injury. Brooklyn is first in the Atlantic division a half-game ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers and the Nets have won six of their last seven.

Kevin Durant is the leading scorer for Brooklyn with an average of 28.4 points per game, while James Harden is the leading rebounder and leader in assists with averages of 8.7 rebounds and 11.0 assists per game. The second leading scorer is Kyrie Irving with an average of 27.9 points per game. Brooklyn is scoring an average of 119.0 points per game and allowing an average of 115.2 points per game.