The dream of making the playoffs may be all but over for the Los Angeles Lakers (31-36) despite adding four-time NBA MVP LeBron James this past offseason, but that does not mean there is no longer any value wagering on them.
Especially this Thursday visiting the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Raptors (48-20) - a team James tortured in his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers - as the Lakers are 10-point road underdogs on the NBA odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Toronto trails the Milwaukee Bucks by three games for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference while Los Angeles was 6.