Two of the NBA’s best scorers match up 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 more often than the Hornets this season, tallying an ATS record of 22-21-0, as opposed to the 21-21-0 mark 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%).
• When it comes to topping the over/under in 2024-25, Charlotte and its opponents aren’t as successful (38.1% of the time) as Los Angeles and its opponents (46.5%).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Lakers are 17-6, a better mark than the Hornets have recorded (10-27) as moneyline underdogs.

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Lakers Performance Insights

• The Lakers are posting 111.5 points per game (17th-ranked in NBA) this year, while surrendering 112.7 points per contest (15th-ranked).
• Los Angeles is grabbing just 41.3 rebounds per game (third-worst in NBA), and it is allowing 43.7 boards per contest (13th-ranked).
• This year, the Lakers rank 13th in the league in assists, delivering 26.5 per game.
• With 12.6 turnovers per game, Los Angeles ranks sixth in the NBA. It forces 13.1 turnovers per contest, which ranks 20th in the league.
• 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

• On offense, the Hornets are the third-worst squad in the NBA (107.5 points per game). Defensively, they are 11th (112.2 points allowed per game).
• Charlotte is the fourth-best squad in the NBA in rebounds per game (46.1) and is ranked 15th in rebounds conceded (44).
• With 24 assists per game, the Hornets are fifth-worst in the league.
• With 15.1 turnovers committed per game and 13.7 turnovers forced, Charlotte is 23rd and 17th in the league, respectively.
• In 2024-25, the Hornets are eighth in the NBA in 3-point makes (14.2 per game) and 25th in 3-point percentage (34.5%).

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