NBA Best Bets: Lakers vs. Wizards Picks for January 21
Published 11:35 pm Monday, January 20, 2025
The Washington Wizards (6-35) are heavy underdogs (+12.5) as they look to stop a 17-game road slide when they take on the Los Angeles Lakers (22-18) on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena. The game airs at 10:30 PM ET on SportsNet LA and MNMT2.
Our computer predictions below will assist you in deciding on the best bets available for Tuesday’s game.
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Lakers vs. Wizards Game Info
- When: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET
- Where: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California
- TV: SportsNet LA and MNMT2
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Lakers vs. Wizards Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Lakers (- 12.5)
- Against the spread, Los Angeles is 19-21-0 this season.
- Washington has beaten the spread 17 times in 41 games.
- Against the spread as 12.5-point underdogs or more, the Wizards are 9-10.
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Pick OU:
Under (231.5)
- The Lakers’ 40 games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 231.5 points 13 times.
- The Wizards have combined with their opponent to score more than 231.5 points in 22 of 41 games this season.
- The average total in Los Angeles’ outings this year is 225.7, 5.8 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- Washington’s games this season have had an average of 231.4 points, 0.1 fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Lakers score the 28th-most points in the league this season, while the Wizards’ offense puts up the 27th-most.
- The Lakers are the league’s sixth-ranked scoring defense while the Wizards are the 28th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Lakers (-752)
- The Lakers have been favorites in 21 games this season and won 15 (71.4%) of those contests.
- The Wizards have been victorious in six, or 14.6%, of the 41 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- Los Angeles has not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -752.
- Washington has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +525 or worse on the moneyline this season.
- The Lakers have a 88.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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