Two of the NBA’s top 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

• 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’ ATS record as 5.5-point favorites or more is 5-10.
• Against the spread as 5.5-point underdogs or greater, the Hornets are 12-11.

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Pick OU:

Under (222.5)

• In 23 of 43 games this season, the Lakers and their opponents have gone over 222.5 points.
• The Hornets have played 17 games this season that have had more than 222.5 combined points scored.
• Los Angeles’ outings this year have an average point total of 225.4, 2.9 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
• The average over/under for Charlotte’s outings this season is 223.7, 1.2 fewer points than this game’s total.
• The Hornets are the NBA’s 30th-highest scoring team this season compared to the 26th-ranked Lakers.
• This outing features the league’s second-ranked (Hornets) and sixth-ranked (Lakers) scoring defenses.

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Moneyline Pick: Lakers (-235)

• 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 13 games, or 76.9%, when favored by at least -235 on the moneyline.
• This season, Charlotte has come away with a win three times in 18 chances when named as an underdog of at least +195 or longer on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Lakers have a 70.1% chance to win.

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