NBA Best Bets: Lakers vs. Hawks Picks for January 3
Published 6:39 am Friday, January 3, 2025
The Los Angeles Lakers (19-14) face the Atlanta Hawks (18-16) as 3.5-point favorites on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET on NBA TV, SportsNet LA, and FDSSE.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (based on our computer predictions) for Friday’s game, before you make a wager on this matchup?
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Lakers vs. Hawks Game Info
- When: Friday, January 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET
- Where: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California
- TV: NBA TV, SportsNet LA, and FDSSE
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Lakers vs. Hawks Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Hawks (+ 3.5)
- Against the spread, Los Angeles is 16-17-0 this year.
- Atlanta is 15-19-0 against the spread this season.
- The Lakers have an ATS record of 4-9 as 3.5-point favorites or more.
- The Hawks have an ATS record of 8-6 as 3.5-point underdogs or more.
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Pick OU:
Over (231.5)
- The Lakers and their opponents have gone over 231.5 combined points in 12 of 33 games this season.
- The Hawks have combined with their opponent to score more than 231.5 points in 23 of 34 games this season.
- Los Angeles’ contests this year have an average total of 227, 4.5 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- Atlanta’s average game total this season has been 234.5, three more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- The Hawks are the NBA’s fifth-highest scoring team this season compared to the 17th-ranked Lakers.
- This matchup features the league’s 28th-ranked (Hawks) and 17th-ranked (Lakers) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Lakers (-165)
- The Lakers have entered the game as favorites 16 times this season and won 12, or 75%, of those games.
- The Hawks have won in 11, or 55%, of the 20 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Los Angeles has a record of 9-4, a 69.2% win rate, when it’s favored by -165 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- This year, Atlanta has won six of 12 games when listed as at least +135 or better on the moneyline.
- The Lakers have a 62.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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