The Los Angeles Lakers (18-14) play 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.

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Lakers vs. Hawks Game Info & Odds

• Date: Friday, January 3, 2025
• Time: 10:30 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: NBA TV, SportsNet LA, and FDSSE
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: Los Angeles, California
• Venue: Crypto.com Arena

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Lakers vs. Hawks Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Lakers 117 – Hawks 114

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Spread & Total Prediction for Lakers vs. Hawks

• Pick ATS: Hawks (+ 3.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Lakers (-3.0)
• Pick OU:

  Over (231.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 231.8

• The Lakers (15-17-0 ATS) have covered the spread 46.9% of the time, 2.8% more often than the Hawks (15-19-0) this year.
• Atlanta covers the spread when it is a 3.5-point underdog or more 57.1% of the time. That’s more often than Los Angeles covers as a favorite of 3.5 or more (25%).
• Atlanta and its opponents have eclipsed the point total 67.6% of the time this season (23 out of 34). That’s more often than Los Angeles and its opponents have (15 out of 32).
• The Lakers have a .733 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (11-4) this season, higher than the .550 winning percentage for the Hawks as a moneyline underdog (11-9).

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Lakers Performance Insights

• The Lakers rank 16th in the NBA with 111.9 points per game so far this year. At the other end of the court, they rank 20th with 114.3 points allowed per game.
• Los Angeles is pulling down only 41.2 rebounds per game (third-worst in NBA), and it is allowing 44.3 boards per contest (20th-ranked).
• This year, the Lakers rank 12th in the league in assists, putting up 26.3 per game.
• Los Angeles ranks sixth in the NBA with 12.9 turnovers per game this season. Meanwhile, it ranks 18th with 13.6 forced turnovers per contest.
• While the Lakers are in the bottom five in the NBA in three-pointers per game with 11.7 (fifth-worst), they rank 19th in the league with a 35% three-point percentage.

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Hawks Performance Insights

• Offensively, the Hawks are the fifth-best team in the league (117.9 points per game). But defensively they are fourth-worst (119.4 points allowed per game).
• In 2024-25, Atlanta is fourth-best in the league in rebounds (45.8 per game) and 18th in rebounds allowed (44.2).
• With 29.9 assists per game, the Hawks are third-best in the league.
• Atlanta is 25th in the league in turnovers per game (15.5) and fourth-best in turnovers forced (16).
• The Hawks make 13 3-pointers per game and shoot 35.5% from beyond the arc, ranking 18th and 18th, respectively, in the NBA.

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