NBA Odds for Lakers vs Jazz, Pistons vs Mavericks, and More on Thursday Night ...Middle East

It’s a packed NBA slate tonight as the schedule includes teams like the Lakers, Pistons, Warriors, and Thunder in action. Let’s look at the odds for the games.

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NBA Odds for 12/18

Action starts at 7 pm ET with two games and continues until the Kings take on the Blazers at 10 pm ET. The Thunder are the biggest favorite of the night with a -17.5 spread against the Clippers. Check out the spread favorite and total for each game on Thursday, December 18.

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Lakers Take on the Jazz

The Lakers are in action tonight for a matchup with the Jazz at 9 pm ET and find themselves favored with a -8.5 spread. The Lakers are 18-7, and Luka Doncic is the league’s leading scorer at 34.7 points per game. Lauri Markkanen is questionable for the game with a groin injury. He is scoring 27.8 points per game for the Jazz, who are 10-15 on the season.

Austin Reaves is expected to be out for the Lakers with a calf injury, but he is close to returning. The Lakers are coming off a 116-114 win over the Suns, while the Jazz most recently beat the Mavericks 140-133 in OT.

Pistons Face the Mavericks

The Detroit Pistons (21-5) and the Mavericks (10-17) meet at 8:30 pm ET in Dallas, with the Pistons the favorite (-7.5 spread). Rookie Cooper Flagg faces the best team in the Eastern Conference after he just dropped 42 points in a loss to the Jazz. Flagg is the youngest player in NBA history to score at least 40 points in a game. Flagg turns just 19 years old on December 21.

The Pistons have won four games in a row, and Cade Cunningham has been excellent this season. He is scoring 27.1 points per game while dishing out 9.2 assists, which is second in the league. Anthony Davis is questionable for tonight with a calf injury. Davis has scored 20.0 points per game with 10.5 rebounds in 11 games this season.

Thunder Huge Favorites vs Clippers

The Oklahoma City Thunder (24-2) are coming off just their second loss of the season, and they are a huge favorite (-17.5) against the Clippers at 8 pm ET tonight. The Clippers might be missing James Harden, who is questionable with a calf injury. Los Angeles is in the midst of a mess of a season with a 6-20 record and a bunch of locker room issues.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is tracking towards another potential MVP as he is scoring 32.4 points per game for the best team in the league. The Thunder’s loss to the Spurs in the NBA Cup Semifinals snapped a 16-game winning streak. The Clippers have dropped four games in a row and most recently were beaten 121-103 by the Grizzlies.

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