Luka Doncic and Rivers are both not playing, and the Rockets are favored by 4.5 points with the point spread betting available. This account seems to have quite a bit of confidence in the Rockets.

The Polymarket prediction market monitored by Odaily Seer shows that an account with a win rate of over 58% bought $110,000 worth of “Rockets to beat Lakers,” with an opening average buy price of 64.4 cents; it also bought $13,000 worth of Rockets to give a 4.5-point spread. The game starts at 8:30 Beijing time. The Lakers will be without Doncic and Rivers, while the Rockets will be without VanVleet and Adams. Shams says Durant will be absent. The market continued to fluctuate before pricing was set.