Los Angeles out-rebounds Golden State by at least 20 boards

The Warriors and the Lakers squared off three times during the regular season, with Los Angeles winning two of these three games, but in each game, the Lakers outrebounded the Warriors by a significant margin. In these three games, the Lakers outrebounded the Warriors 61-39, 70-44 and 46-30 respectively. 

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In this play-in game on Wednesday night, the Warriors will be without James Wiseman at the center position and the Lakers will have Andre Drummond, who was not on the Lakers’ roster for any of these previous three matchups during the regular season. 

I fully expect the Lakers to not only beat the Warriors on the glass once again, but by at least 20 rebounds. Los Angeles will benefit significantly from this in the end, which we will get into soon.

Drummond is one of the best rebounders in the entire league and with just Kevon Looney and Draymond Green as their two big rebounding threats in the frontcourt, Golden State does not stand a chance at outrebounding the Lakers in this one.