Harden – Home Alone

The Brooklyn Nets get a visit from the record-breaking Los Angeles Lakers on Jan. 26, 2022. The home side ranks second in the Eastern Conference, while the Californians are only eighth in the West.

Brooklyn Nets – Statistics & current form

The Nets will have to do without Kyrie Irving for the home games and with Kevin Durant also injured, the focus is mainly on James Harden in the upcoming game. However, the 32-year-old also performed very well in the first match-up of the season with the Lakers, when Irving and Durant were also missing.

The Beard” scored 36 points and delivered a triple-double in points, rebounds and assists. However, the basketball players from the “Big Apple” cannot count on a home advantage. The Nash team won only 52.2 percent of the home games at the Barclays Center. So far, this record is nothing more than average.

LA Lakers – Statistics & current form

The Lakers remain unpredictable, alternating wins and losses for the past four games. For the highly ambitious franchise, this fickleness is naturally not satisfactory. Improvement will probably only come with the return of Anthony Davis, but AD must continue to miss out for the time being due to injury.

For this reason, the main burden lies unbroken on the now already 37-year-old shoulders of LeBron James. The second best scorer in the NBA after Kevin Durant also regularly delivers great performances, but he lacks support, which is why the Lakers continue to represent only mediocrity in the West.

Brooklyn Nets – LA Lakers Tip

For the game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, the prediction of more than 28.5 points by James Harden seems profitable. Without KD and “Uncle Drew”, he will be the most important factor in the upcoming game on the offensive end.

The Beard” already proved that Harden suits the upcoming opponent in the previous duel with the Californians this season, when he delivered a triple double with 36 points in the end and led his team to victory.