NBA Best Bets: Lakers vs. Wizards Picks for January 30
Published 5:33 am Thursday, January 30, 2025
The Washington Wizards (6-40) are 7.5-point underdogs as they attempt to stop a six-game home losing streak when they host the Los Angeles Lakers (26-19) on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The game airs at 7:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA and MNMT.
For the best bets you can place on Thursday’s game, based on our computer predictions, keep reading.
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Lakers vs. Wizards Game Info
- When: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.
- TV: SportsNet LA and MNMT
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Lakers vs. Wizards Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Lakers (- 7.5)
- Against the spread, Los Angeles is 23-22-0 this year.
- Against the spread, Washington is 18-28-0 this year.
- The Lakers are 4-5 as 7.5-point favorites or more.
- As 7.5-point underdogs or greater, the Wizards are 14-24 against the spread.
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Pick OU:
Over (223.5)
- The Lakers and their opponents have scored more than 223.5 points in 23 of 45 games this season.
- Wizards games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 223.5 points in 29 of 46 outings.
- Los Angeles’ games this year have an average point total of 225.2, 1.7 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- Washington’s average game total this season has been 231.2, 7.7 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- The Lakers are the 24th-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Wizards have scored the 28th-most points.
- The Lakers are the league’s ninth-ranked scoring defense while the Wizards are the 28th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Lakers (-295)
- The Lakers have been favorites in 25 games this season and won 18 (72%) of those contests.
- The Wizards have won in six, or 13%, of the 46 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Los Angeles has been at least a -295 moneyline favorite nine times this season and won all of those games.
- This season, Washington has come away with a win two times in 37 chances when named as an underdog of at least +230 or longer on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Lakers, based on the moneyline, is 74.7%.
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