NBA Best Bets: Lakers vs. Hornets Picks for January 27
Published 11:33 pm Sunday, January 26, 2025
The Charlotte Hornets (12-30) will look to LaMelo Ball (fourth in the league scoring 28.9 points per game) when they try to beat Anthony Davis (ninth in the NBA with 25.9 PPG) and the Los Angeles Lakers (25-18) on Monday, January 27, 2025 at Spectrum Center. The Hornets are 5.5-point home underdogs in the game, which tips off at 7:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA, FDSSE, and WSOC 9.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (based on 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 year.
- Charlotte is 21-21-0 against the spread this season.
- The Lakers have an ATS record of 5-10 as 5.5-point favorites or greater.
- The Hornets are 12-11 as 5.5-point underdogs or more.
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Pick OU:
Over (221.5)
- The Lakers and their opponents have combined to score more than 221.5 points in 24 of 43 games this season.
- The Hornets have played 18 games this season that ended with a combined score higher than 221.5 points.
- The average total in Los Angeles’ outings this year is 225.4, 3.9 more than this matchup’s over/under.
- The average over/under for Charlotte’s contests this season is 223.7, 2.2 fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Lakers score the 26th-most points in the NBA this season, while the Hornets’ offense racks up the 30th-most.
- This game features the league’s second-ranked (Hornets) and sixth-ranked (Lakers) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Lakers (-225)
- This season, the Lakers have been favored 23 times and won 17, or 73.9%, of those games.
- The Hornets have won in 10, or 27%, of the 37 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- This season, Los Angeles has won 10 of its 14 games, or 71.4%, when favored by at least -225 on the moneyline.
- This year, Charlotte has won three of 20 games when listed as at least +185 or better on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Lakers, based on the moneyline, is 69.2%.
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