Lakers vs. Hornets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 27
Published 9:19 pm Sunday, January 26, 2025
A pair of the league’s best scorers hit the court when Anthony Davis (ninth, 25.9 PPG) and the Los Angeles Lakers (25-18) visit LaMelo Ball (fourth, 28.9 PPG) and the Charlotte Hornets (12-30) on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA, FDSSE, and WSOC 9. The Lakers are 5.5-point favorites.
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Lakers vs. Hornets Game Info & Odds
- Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: SportsNet LA, FDSSE, and WSOC 9
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Venue: Spectrum Center
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Lakers vs. Hornets Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Lakers 112 – Hornets 110
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Spread & Total Prediction for Lakers vs. Hornets
- Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 5.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Lakers (-2.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (222.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 222.0
- The Lakers have put together a 22-21-0 ATS record this season compared to the 21-21-0 mark from the Hornets.
- As a 5.5-point underdog or more in 2024-25, Charlotte is 12-11 against the spread compared to the 5-10 ATS record Los Angeles puts up as a 5.5-point favorite.
- Los Angeles and its opponents have eclipsed the point total 46.5% of the time this season (20 out of 43). That’s more often than Charlotte and its opponents have (16 out of 42).
- As a moneyline favorite this year, the Lakers are 17-6, a better record than the Hornets have posted (10-27) as moneyline underdogs.
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Lakers Performance Insights
- The Lakers are putting up 111.5 points per game (17th-ranked in NBA) this year, while ceding 112.7 points per contest (15th-ranked).
- While Los Angeles is in the bottom five in the NBA in rebounds per game with 41.3 (third-worst), it ranks 13th in the league with 43.7 rebounds allowed per game.
- The Lakers rank 13th in the NBA with 26.5 assists per game.
- This season, Los Angeles is averaging 12.6 turnovers per game (sixth-ranked in NBA) and forcing 13.1 turnovers per contest (20th-ranked).
- While the Lakers rank in the bottom five in the NBA in three-pointers per game with 11.9 (fourth-worst), they rank 19th in the league with a 35.4% three-point percentage.
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Hornets Performance Insights
- The Hornets are the third-worst team in the NBA in points scored (107.5 per game) and 11th in points conceded (112.2).
- On the glass, Charlotte is fourth-best in the NBA in rebounds (46.1 per game). It is 15th in rebounds conceded (44 per game).
- The Hornets are fifth-worst in the league in assists (24 per game) in 2024-25.
- With 15.1 turnovers committed per game and 13.7 turnovers forced, Charlotte is 23rd and 17th in the NBA, respectively.
- In 2024-25, the Hornets are eighth in the league in 3-point makes (14.2 per game) and 25th in 3-point percentage (34.5%).
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