{"id":631232,"date":"2026-02-28T23:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/631232\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T23:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:50:12","slug":"lakers-vs-warriors-prediction-odds-spread-line-time-2026-nba-picks-for-saturday-feb-28-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/631232\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs. Warriors prediction, odds, spread, line, time: 2026 NBA picks for Saturday, Feb. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> look to snap a three-game losing streak when they take on the Golden State Warriors<\/a> in a key NBA Pacific Division matchup on Saturday. Los Angeles is coming off a 113-110 loss at Phoenix on Thursday, while Golden State defeated Memphis 133-112 on Wednesday. The Lakers (34-24), who lead the Pacific Division, are 18-12 on the road this season. The Warriors (31-28), who are third in the division, are 19-11 on their home floor. Golden State will be without Stephen Curry (knee).<\/p>\n

Tipoff from Chase Center in San Francisco is set for 8:30 p.m. ET. The Lakers are 3.5-point favorite in the latest Lakers vs. Warriors odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 229.5. Before making any Warriors vs. Lakers picks,\u00a0check out the NBA predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0profit for $100 players on its top-rated\u00a0NBA picks<\/a>\u00a0over the past eight-plus seasons. The model entered Week 19 on a sizzling 38-18 roll on top-rated NBA spread picks dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0NBA betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Lakers vs. Warriors<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted NBA picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several NBA odds<\/a> and NBA betting<\/a> lines for Warriors vs. Lakers:<\/p>\n

Lakers vs. Warriors spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Los Angeles -3.5 at DraftKings\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lakers vs. Warriors over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

229.5 points<\/p>\n

Lakers vs. Warriors money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Los Angeles -173, Golden State +144<\/p>\n

Lakers vs. Warriors picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top Lakers vs. Warriors predictions<\/p>\n

After 10,000 simulations of Lakers vs. Warriors, SportsLine’s model is\u00a0going Over on the total (229.5).\u00a0The Over has hit in eight of the past 10 head-to-head matchups between the teams. The Over has hit in five of the past six Golden State games. The Lakers are 4-6 against the spread in their last 10 games. The Warriors, meanwhile, are 3-7 ATS in their last 10.<\/p>\n

The SportsLine model is projecting the Lakers’ Luka Doncic<\/a> to score 29 points on average and be one of five Los Angeles players to score 11.1 or more points. The Warriors’ De’Anthony Melton<\/a>, meanwhile, is projected to have 14.9 points as five Golden State players score 11.5 points or more. The teams are projected to combine for 237 points.<\/p>\n

How to make Warriors vs. Lakers picks<\/p>\n

The model also says one side of the spread hits nearly 70% of the time.\u00a0You can head to SportsLine to see the model’s NBA picks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So who wins Lakers vs. Warriors, and which side of the spread hits nearly 70% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Lakers vs. Warriors spread to back, all from the model that has returned well over $10,000 on top-rated NBA picks<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers look to snap a three-game losing streak when they take on the Golden State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,164,56271,56273,56272,150,6,24770,9199,82700,82701,82702],"class_list":{"0":"post-631232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state-warriors","10":"tag-lakers-warriors-odds","11":"tag-lakers-warriors-picks","12":"tag-lakers-warriors-prediction","13":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-odds","16":"tag-nba-picks","17":"tag-warriors-lakers-odds","18":"tag-warriors-lakers-picks","19":"tag-warriors-lakers-prediction"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116150942128684464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}