The Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets walked into Friday’s game trending in very different directions.
The Lakers entered the 2018-2019 season with big expectations; Vegas oddsmakers predicted that the team would win around 48 games and finish between third-to-fifth place in the Western Conference playoff hunt.
Brooklyn, on the other hand, was served a 32-win season via the folks in Vegas, thus suggesting that the Nets would miss the playoffs for the fourth-straight season.
To Vegas’ credit, experts’ predictions were partially correct. One of these teams is on the verge of advancing to the playoffs; the other is one game away from elimination.