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Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento Kings: our pick

We called the Los Angeles Lakers at 68%, locked Oct 5, 12:39 PM ET, 9 hours before kickoff.

Final: Los Angeles Lakers 127–103 Sacramento Kings. Right.

Why this pick?

Our 68% is the betting market's own price for the Los Angeles Lakers: the DraftKings line, with its margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 1.8 points away from the Los Angeles Lakers.

We have no graded calls on the Los Angeles Lakers yet.

At 68%, a pick like this still loses about 32 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

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