LAL vs OKC Dream11 Team Prediction, Fantasy NBA Tips

Match Previews:

Los Angeles Lakers will lock horns against OKC in NBA 2021-22 on Saturday, 09 April 2022 at 08:00 AM IST

• Head coach Mark Daigneault’s team is headed to the lottery yet again and will be using their remaining two games to give exposure to their young roster.
• They were pummeled by the playoff-bound Utah Jazz in their last game but have found another potential diamond in the rough in rookie Jaylen Hoard.
• Hoard has shown impressive form and could become another important piece in General Manager Sam Presti’s jigsaw puzzle.
• The Lakers’ disastrous season is about to come to a merciful end. LA will play their last game at Crypto.com Arena before they pack up and finish their campaign on the road against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.

OKC Thunder

• The OKC Thunder are decimated by injuries, which will give them an even better excuse to test their young lineup. They are somewhat in a win-win situation as they give their youthful group valuable NBA experience while also increasing their chances of better draft positioning.
• Despite their inexperience and disadvantage in talent, the Thunder stayed relatively close to the Utah Jazz until they were left in the dust in the fourth quarter.
• Rookie Jaylen Hoard had another spectacular game, finishing with 23 points on 8-17 shooting from the field, including 5-8 from long distance.

LA Lakers

• In hindsight, the LA Lakers’ catastrophic season could have started when they suffered back-to-back humiliating losses to the OKC Thunder earlier in the season.
• The Thunder had no business winning those games, and yet they did. OKC refused to give up and stunned LA despite surrendering huge leads to the star-studded squad.
• LeBron James wasn’t around in those two losses, but the Lakers had a healthy Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook. Those defeats were taken as minor blips owing to a lack of chemistry when there were already signs of how dysfunctional the team will be this season.