Free Basketball Predictions

The Los Angeles Lakers, fourth in the Western Conference 10 wins - 4 losses, will have managed to stay the course spectacularly in the absence of LeBron James. Indeed if the King is on the way back, he will find a team that works well, carried by a duo Doncic 34 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and Reaves 28.3 points in all good shots. 8 victories in 10 games for LA, winner of its last 2 duels in the NBA against the NOLA Pelicans 104-118 night from Friday to Saturday and immediately against the Milwaukee Bucks 95-119. More than any other NBA franchise, the Utah Jazz have immense merit. Already rebuilding for years, the franchise based in the heights of Salt Lake City lost 3 of its 5 best players last summer Clarkson, Sexton, Collins and now Walker Kessler injured for the season. It's far too much for a Jazz which despite everything keeps its head high, dignified, like this success against the alarming Chicago Bulls in recent days with a score of 150-147. 

The Portland Trail Blazers' start to the season was magnificent. Almost no false notes. But very paradoxically it was after a victory over the OKC Thunder 121-119 on November 6 - the only team currently that had managed to bring down OKC - that the house of cards collapsed. Portland, since this feat, has lost 4 times in 5 games, only 1 success against the pitiful formation of the Pelicans 117-125 on November 13, for two defeats in Texas recently against the Rockets 140-116 on Saturday, November 15 and Dallas 138-133 48 hours ago. Here too, the story is good for the Phoenix Suns insofar as the departures have been very numerous in the image by Durant and Beal. If the second was a monumental casting error that will cost the franchise dearly, the first named was there to win a title. This season, Phoenix 8th, 8 wins - 6 losses is doing better than resisting, but as you can see with their ranking, a positive record will probably not ensure anything at all in the Western conference... After 5 consecutive victories, Phoenix was beaten 122-124 in its last match against the Atlanta Hawks 122-124, despite being deprived of Young and Porzingis, a great poor performance. 

What if this Philly 76ers team was finally in its place with this 6th position in the standings? Yes, we can consider it that way. With 8 victories - 5 defeats, a team without its main leader Jo Embiid cannot really hope for better. In fact, Philly has won 2 of its last 3 games on the last possession. Against the Boston Celtics in the historic Eastern Conference derby 102-100 on Wednesday, November 12 and against the Los Angeles Clippers 110-108 48 hours ago. 8th victory in 9 maths for the Toronto Raptors currently on the podium of the 3rd Eastern Conference. The Toronto Raptors have indeed maintained their excellent form in a difficult match to win against the Charlotte Hornets who were more inspired than last year. The transformation is spectacular 30 wins - 52 losses in 2025 but it is always good to remember that the returns from injury of Brandon Ingram, Jakob Poëtl etc., change the situation for a Canadian team victorious over the Hornets 110-108 at the end of a final defensive possession which perfectly sums up the state of mind of the franchise at the end of 2025.