A pair of the league’s top scorers face 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)

• Against the spread, Los Angeles is 22-21-0 this year.
• Charlotte has 21 wins in 42 games against the spread this season.
• The Lakers’ ATS record as 5.5-point favorites or more is 5-10.
• The Hornets are 12-11 as 5.5-point underdogs or greater.

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Pick OU:

Under (222.5)

• Lakers games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 222.5 points 23 times.
• The Hornets have played 17 games this season that have had more than 222.5 combined points scored.
• The average point total in Los Angeles’ games this year is 225.4, 2.9 more than this matchup’s over/under.
• Charlotte has had an average of 223.7 points scored in its games so far this season, 1.2 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
• The Lakers score the 26th-most points in the league this season, while the Hornets’ offense racks up the 30th-most.
• 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 been underdogs in 37 games this season and have come away with the win 10 times (27%) in those contests.
• Los Angeles has a record of 10-3, a 76.9% win rate, when it’s favored by -235 or more by bookmakers this season.
• This year, Charlotte has won three of 20 games when listed as at least +190 or better on the moneyline.
• The Lakers have a 70.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.

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