The Los Angeles Lakers (19-14) 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: 231.7

• The Hawks (15-19-0 ATS) have covered the spread 48.5% of the time, 4.4% less often than the Lakers (16-17-0) this year.
• As a 3.5-point underdog or more in 2024-25, Atlanta is 8-6 against the spread compared to the 4-9 ATS record Los Angeles racks up as a 3.5-point favorite.
• Los Angeles and its opponents have exceeded the point total 45.5% of the time this season (15 out of 33). That’s less often than Atlanta and its opponents have (23 out of 34).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Lakers are 12-4, a better mark than the Hawks have put up (11-9) as moneyline underdogs.

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Lakers Performance Insights

• So far this season, the Lakers are posting 112 points per game (16th-ranked in NBA) and giving up 114.1 points per contest (19th-ranked).
• While Los Angeles is in the bottom five in the NBA in boards per game with 41.3 (fourth-worst), it ranks 20th in the league with 44.3 rebounds allowed per contest.
• The Lakers are putting up 26.5 assists per game, which ranks them 12th in the NBA in 2024-25.
• Los Angeles is committing 12.8 turnovers per game (sixth-ranked in league). It is forcing 13.8 turnovers per contest (16th-ranked).
• So far this season, the Lakers are draining 11.8 threes per game (24th-ranked in NBA) and are shooting 35% (19th-ranked) from beyond the arc.

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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).
• Atlanta is the fourth-best team in the league in rebounds per game (45.8) and is ranked 18th in rebounds allowed (44.2).
• This season the Hawks are third-best in the NBA in assists at 29.9 per game.
• In terms of turnovers, Atlanta is 24th in the league in committing them (15.5 per game). It is fourth-best in forcing them (16 per game).
• 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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