NBA Best Bets: Lakers vs. Hornets Picks for January 27
Published 11:33 pm Sunday, January 26, 2025
LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets (12-30) are 5.5-point underdogs against Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers (25-18) Monday, January 27, 2025 at Spectrum Center. The game starts at 7:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA, FDSSE, and WSOC 9.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Monday’s game, before you make a wager on this matchup?
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Lakers vs. Hornets Game Info
- When: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
- TV: SportsNet LA, FDSSE, and WSOC 9
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Lakers vs. Hornets Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 5.5)
- Los Angeles is 22-21-0 against the spread this season.
- Charlotte has 21 wins in 42 games against the spread this year.
- As 5.5-point favorites or more, the Lakers are 5-10 against the spread.
- As 5.5-point underdogs or greater, the Hornets are 12-11 against the spread.
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Pick OU:
Over (221.5)
- In 24 of 43 games this season, the Lakers and their opponents have combined to total more than 221.5 points.
- The Hornets have played 18 games this season that finished with a combined score over 221.5 points.
- Los Angeles has an average point total of 225.4 in its contests this year, 3.9 more points than this game’s over/under.
- The average total for Charlotte’s games this season is 223.7 points, 2.2 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Lakers are the 26th-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Hornets have scored the 30th-most points.
- This matchup features the league’s second-ranked (Hornets) and sixth-ranked (Lakers) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Lakers (-225)
- The Lakers have entered the game as favorites 23 times this season and won 17, or 73.9%, of those games.
- The Hornets have been chosen as underdogs in 37 games this year and have walked away with the win 10 times (27%) in those games.
- Los Angeles has a record of 10-4, a 71.4% win rate, when it’s favored by -225 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This season, Charlotte has come away with a win three times in 20 chances when named as an underdog of at least +185 or worse on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Lakers have a 69.2% chance to win.
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