Lakers vs. Hornets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 27
Published 8:16 pm Sunday, January 26, 2025
Two of the league’s best scorers square off 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 covered the spread more often than the Hornets this season, recording an ATS record of 22-21-0, compared to the 21-21-0 record of the Hornets.
- Los Angeles (5-10) covers a lower percentage of games when it is favored by 5.5 points or more this season (33.3%) than Charlotte (12-11) does as a 5.5+-point underdog (52.2%).
- Charlotte and its opponents have eclipsed the total 38.1% of the time this season (16 out of 42). That’s less often than Los Angeles and its opponents have (20 out of 43).
- The Lakers have a .739 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (17-6) this season, better than the .270 winning percentage for the Hornets as a moneyline underdog (10-27).
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Lakers Performance Insights
- On offense, the Lakers are posting 111.5 points per game (17th-ranked in league). They are allowing 112.7 points per contest at the other end (15th-ranked).
- Los Angeles has struggled to rack up rebounds this season, ranking third-worst in the league with 41.3 boards per game. It ranks 13th by allowing 43.7 boards per contest.
- The Lakers rank 13th in the NBA with 26.5 assists per game.
- Los Angeles is sixth in the NBA with 12.6 turnovers per game so far this year. Meanwhile, it ranks 20th with 13.1 forced turnovers per game.
- While the Lakers rank in the bottom five in the NBA in treys 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
- Offensively, the Hornets are the third-worst team in the NBA (107.5 points per game). Defensively, they are 11th (112.2 points conceded per game).
- Charlotte is the fourth-best team in the NBA in rebounds per game (46.1) and is ranked 15th in rebounds conceded (44).
- The Hornets are fifth-worst in the league in assists (24 per game) in 2024-25.
- Charlotte is 23rd in the NBA in turnovers per game (15.1) and 17th in turnovers forced (13.7).
- The Hornets are eighth in the league in 3-pointers made (14.2 per game) and 25th in 3-point percentage (34.5%).
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