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 & 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 year, putting up an ATS record of 22-21-0, compared to the 21-21-0 mark of the Hornets.
• As a 5.5-point underdog or more in 2024-25, Charlotte is 12-11 against the spread compared to the 5-10 ATS record Los Angeles racks up as a 5.5-point favorite.
• Los Angeles and its opponents have eclipsed the point total 46.5% of the time this season (20 out of 43). That’s more often than Charlotte and its opponents have (16 out of 42).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Lakers are 17-6, a better tally than the Hornets have recorded (10-27) as moneyline underdogs.

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Lakers Performance Insights

• The Lakers rank 17th in the NBA with 111.5 points per game this season. At the other end of the court, they rank 15th with 112.7 points allowed per game.
• Los Angeles has struggled to accumulate rebounds this season, ranking third-worst in the league with 41.3 boards per game. It ranks 13th by allowing 43.7 rebounds per contest.
• The Lakers rank 13th in the NBA with 26.5 dimes per contest.
• Los Angeles is committing 12.6 turnovers per game (sixth-ranked in NBA) this season, while forcing 13.1 turnovers per contest (20th-ranked).
• The Lakers have struggled to pile up threes, ranking fourth-worst in the league with 11.9 treys per game. They rank 19th with a 35.4% shooting percentage from downtown this season.

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Hornets Performance Insights

• The Hornets are the third-worst team in the league in points scored (107.5 per game) and 11th in points allowed (112.2).
• In 2024-25, Charlotte is fourth-best in the NBA in rebounds (46.1 per game) and 15th in rebounds conceded (44).
• This season the Hornets are fifth-worst in the NBA in assists at 24 per game.
• Charlotte commits 15.1 turnovers per game and force 13.7 per game, ranking 23rd and 17th, respectively, in the league.
• In 2024-25, the Hornets are eighth in the league in 3-point makes (14.2 per game) and 25th in 3-point percentage (34.5%).

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