{"id":3165,"date":"2022-01-28T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2024-06-19T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:16:01","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-vs-charlotte-hornets-predictions-and-odds-jan-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers-vs-charlotte-hornets-predictions-and-odds-jan-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets Predictions and Odds Jan 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets Betting Preview<\/h2>\n

WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets betting preview for Friday, January 28. At the time of posting, the Hornets have opened as a 6.5-point home favorite over the road Lakers, with the total sitting at 228.5 points.<\/p>\n

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Friday, January 28<\/th>\nNBA Betting Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Point Spread:<\/td>\nLos Angeles Lakers +6.5 vs Charlotte Hornets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total:<\/td>\n228.5 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game Time:<\/td>\n7:40pm ET \/ 4:40pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arena:<\/td>\nSpectrum Center in Charlotte, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TV:<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets Analysis<\/h2>\n

The Hornets will host the Lakers today as LA comes off a loss last night where everyone was waiting to see if Anthony Davis would play or not, and then he did play and LeBron sat out. Davis looks good to go today, and LeBron is a game time decision, but I would guess he\u2019s playing.<\/p>\n

Neither team is playing great right now, but that\u2019s not our concern. We\u2019re looking to see if there\u2019s a winning bet to be had in this game, so let\u2019s take a look as the Hornets are -6.5 favorites, and the total is 228.5<\/p>\n

Lakers Medium Three<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s hard to call them a Big Three when Westbrook has been bad and Anthony Davis has been unavailable. Last night we saw how limited they are without LeBron as they got steamrolled by Philly and they only scored 87 points. They\u2019ve alternated wins and losses the last seven game which demonstrates their inconsistency.<\/p>\n

The Medium Three all played against Brooklyn and it resulted in a 10 point win, but that was a depleted Brooklyn team and only scoring 106 against them almost seems like a disappointment. I won\u2019t be looking at against the spread stats as the lack of consistency from the lineups throw these stats off, but I won\u2019t be putting my money on the Lakers anytime soon until I see them become a cohesive team.<\/p>\n

Hornets Hot and Cold<\/h3>\n

Charlotte has become a hard team to figure out and that\u2019s a tough spot for bettors. They are 4-3 their last seven, but the point differential has been remarkable. In their three wins they\u2019ve won by 32, 23, 9 and 10. In their losses they\u2019ve lost by 7, 22 and 12. So they win and lose big, and that\u2019s tough to handicap what\u2019s going to happen tonight.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re 7-3 against the spread their last 10 and 3-7 over\/under their last 10, but I like how they matchup offensively against the Lakers. Charlotte has three guys who can explode against a bad team, and I believe two of them will, which leads me to my favorite play in this game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction<\/h3>\n

I\u2019ll roll with the Hornets -6.5 tonight. I don\u2019t trust LA, they aren\u2019t a cohesive team, and they\u2019re way too dependent on LeBron. Charlotte\u2019s offense should flourish and when the Hornets win, they win big. L.A. off a back to back, I\u2019ll take Charlotte.<\/p>\n

PREDICTION: Hornets -6.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets Preview from GoldSheet<\/h2>\n

Obviously before getting too deep into any analysis here it would be important to know the status of LeBron, who was a late scratch last night in Philly because of a sore knee. We\u2019ll see if the injury is something a a bit more serious or rather just a precautionary move with games on back-to-back nights and assuming King James would be a bit better to go on Friday.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll proceed on those lines and figure on LeBron being available…but we\u2019ll still prefer the Hornets. All of the cylinders were firing for Charlotte on Wednesday at Indianapolis when burying the Pacers 158-126, shattering a franchise scoring record in Bob Beamon-like fashion (it had stood at 146 prior, and 141 for a regulation-time game), hitting 24 triples en route.<\/p>\n

Indiana, however, was a mere shell of a team as it was down three starters, and things won\u2019t come as easy tonight, especially with AD back mint he Lake Show fold and scoring 31 last night vs. the Sixers. The Lakers, however, weren\u2019t even close in Philly, and even if LeBron makes the post, he and Davis have had precious little court time together in the past six weeks.<\/p>\n

LA is only 9-7 this season with the big two both in the lineup, and into Tuesday vs. the depleted Nets, the Lake Show had outscored foes by only four points in the 450 minutes that LeBron and AD had been on the floor together. With the exception of a few glaring exceptions since just before Christmas, the Hornets have been on a tear, and in their current 8-3 straight up run across the past 11 games have beaten the Bucks twice, Sixers, Knicks, and Celtics, not to mention laying 158 on the Pacers.<\/p>\n

Though we haven\u2019t seen it in the past week, defense had been much improved across the earlier games of the recent surge, ranking second on the stop end during a recent 7-1 stretch. This Charlotte recommendation is actually more contingent upon the availability of super sixth man Kelly Oubre, Jr., who poured in 39 vs. the Pacers but is nursing a sore ankle that might jeopardize his status tonight.<\/p>\n

As long as Oubre is good to go, the Hornets are in play no matter the status of King James, but if Oubre is out, we might reconsider. Play Charlotte<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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NBA Stat Sheet<\/h3>\n

Each day, WagerTalk handicapper Ralph Michaels<\/a> puts together his NBA Stat Sheet, which offers a head-to-head comparison for how teams are performing in a number of key areas heading into a game. Check out Friday’s sheet, with notes on tonight’s Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets contest.<\/p>\n

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NBA Betting Strategy<\/h3>\n

Ride the hot and fade the cold. Which advanced stats should you be paying the most attention to? Kelly Stewart sat down with Teddy Covers and Skee Profit to discuss some of their favorite NBA betting tips.<\/p>\n