NBA Betting Preview: Lakers vs Wizards

The LA Lakers take the court against the Washington Wizards in this NBA contest. Our betting preview features expert NBA predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and confirmed starting lineups.

Wizards to Make it a Close Matchup

The market might have underrated the Wizards and -110 makes appeal considering they are +8.5 on the spread. Back the underdogs to cover the line against the Lakers.

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7 of Last 10 Clashes Have Been Lakers Wins

LA Lakers suffered a defeat in their previous game. A 129-99 scoreline occurred on the road at Rocket Arena against Cleveland Cavaliers. Luka Doncic poured in 29 points, with Gabe Vincent contributing 11 and LeBron James adding 11.

Washington Wizards won their last game 109-99, making it successive victories. This was a home win at Capital One Arena against Milwaukee Bucks. Kyshawn George registered 23 points, Alex Sarr had 16 points and 17 rebounds, while Bub Carrington scored 13 points.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The last matchup between the Lakers and the Wizards saw the former win. It was a 134-96 scoreline at Capital One Arena. The Lakers have beaten the Wizards in the past six matchups. They’ve also claimed 7 wins in the past 10 head-to-head meetings.

NBA	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Lakers	28	18	0.609	115.9	116.5	-0.6	12-8	16-10	4-6	20-12	5-5	1L
Wizards	12	34	0.261	112.2	122.3	-10.1	8-15	4-19	2-5	8-19	2-8	2W

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LA Lakers – Last 10 Games

The Lakers have 5 wins and 5 losses in the past 10 games. They are averaging 115.9 points, 40.9 rebounds, 24.6 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.5 blocks while shooting 49.4% from the field and 76.3% from the free-throw line. The opposition average 117.6 points and 40.8 rebounds per contest.

Luka Doncic is averaging 31.1 points, 7.8 assists and 3.8 (40.9%) 3-pointers made, while DeAndre Ayton averages 8.0 rebounds.

Washington Wizards – Last 10 Games

The Wizards have won 2 and lost 8 of their last 10 contests. Averaging 107.7 points, 44.0 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 9.6 steals and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field and 78.8% from the free-throw line. Their opponents average 115.4 points and 47.2 rebounds.

Alex Sarr is averaging 18.4 points and 7.6 rebounds, Bub Carrington 5.4 assists and Tre Johnson 2.6 (38.2%) 3-pointers.

LA Lakers vs Washington Wizards Prediction & Picks

Our expert LA Lakers vs Washington Wizards betting tips include a main match prediction, a correct score pick and bet builder advice. Explore each section below for detailed insights.

Game Prediction

Let’s take a chance on Wizards in this NBA contest. They have been given a generous +8.5 on the spread. We think -110 can be taken with confidence that the underdogs cover the line.

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Key Lakers vs Wizards stats:

The +8.5 line has been covered by Wizards in 4 of their last 5 games.
The +8.5 line has been covered by Wizards in 6 of their last 10 games at home.
The +8.5 line has been covered by Wizards in 3 consecutive games.
The -8.5 line hasn’t been covered by Lakers in 9 of their last 10 games on the road.
The -8.5 line hasn’t been covered by Lakers in 17 of their last 20 games on the road.
The +8.5 line has been covered by Wizards in 6 of their last 10 games against Lakers.

Wizards +8.5 Probability

When you look at the latest betting odds, our pick has a 52.4% chance of delivering a return. Based on our in-depth research, our analysts calculate the actual probability to be 55-60%. It is therefore regarded as a value bet.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Spread Wizards +8.5

Totals Under 230.5

Result & BTTS 120 Wizards / No

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Correct Score Prediction

Lakers

114 - 109 Wizards logo

Wizards

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LA Lakers vs Washington Wizards Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Latest Odds Suggest Lakers Win

Sportsbooks’ favorites LA Lakers are regarded as likeliest victors for this NBA game and the -345 about them triumphing means a 78% chance based on their current Moneyline betting odds. Washington Wizards are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +275.

The spread is 9 and the total points line is currently 230.5. A wager on the Totals allows basketball bettors to use the latest data to good effect. Those that want to back Under 230.5 can find odds of -106 available.

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Betting Lines & Odds

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Capital One Arena

Lakers Hold Three Straight Wins Over Wizards at Capital One Arena

The Wizards have five wins and five losses in the last 10 games at home, averaging 110.50 points scored and 113.40 points allowed.

The Lakers have four wins and six losses in the last 10 road games, scoring 110.10 points per matchup and conceding 117.40.

The Lakers beat the Wizards 134-96 when the teams last met at Capital One Arena. The last 6 head-to-head games at Capital One Arena have seen each team win three times.

Last 10 Games		W-L	P	PF	PA	O230.5	U230.5
Washington Wizards Home Stats		5-5	223.90	110.50	113.40	3	7
LA Lakers Away Stats		4-6	227.50	110.10	117.40	4	6

W-L = Wins-Losses
P = Avg. Points
PF = Avg. Points For
PA = Avg. Points Against
O230.5 = Games Over 230.5 Points
U230.5 = Games Under 230.5 Points

Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Lakers

NBA: 29/01 Lakers 99 Cavaliers129
NBA: 27/01 Lakers 129 Bulls118
NBA: 25/01 Lakers 116 Mavericks110
NBA: 23/01 Lakers 104 Clippers112
NBA: 21/01 Lakers 115 Nuggets107

Wizards

NBA: 30/01 Bucks 99 Wizards109
NBA: 28/01 Trail Blazers 111 Wizards115
NBA: 24/01 Wizards 115 Hornets119
NBA: 23/01 Nuggets 107 Wizards97
NBA: 19/01 Clippers 110 Wizards106

Head to Head

Lakers vs Wizards

NBA: 31/01 2025 Lakers 134 Wizards 96
NBA: 22/01 2025 Wizards 88 Lakers 111
NBA: 04/04 2024 Lakers 125 Wizards 120
NBA: 01/03 2024 Wizards 131 Lakers 134
NBA: 19/12 2022 Wizards 117 Lakers 119
NBA: 05/12 2022 Lakers 130 Wizards 119
NBA: 20/03 2022 Lakers 119 Wizards 127
NBA: 12/03 2022 Wizards 109 Lakers 122
NBA: 29/04 2021 Lakers 107 Wizards 116
NBA: 23/02 2021 Wizards 127 Lakers 124

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

LA Lakers Stats

Washington Wizards Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Point Spread

-8.5 Betting Line: Have covered the spread in 3 of the last 10 games
-8.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the spread in 1 of the last 10 games on the road

Point Spread

+8.5 Betting Line: Have covered the spread in 5 of the last 10 games
+8.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the spread in 6 of the last 10 home games

Total Points

Game Totals: An average of 233.50 pts in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 227.50 pts in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 230.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 230.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 115.90 pts and allowed 117.60 pts in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 110.10 pts and allowed 117.40 pts in the last 10 games on the road

Total Points

Game Totals: An average of 223.10 pts in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 223.90 pts in the previous 10 home games
Over 230.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 230.5 at Home: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 107.70 pts and allowed 115.40 pts in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 110.50 pts and allowed 113.40 pts in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

2-Pointers Made: 29.40 (56%)
3-Pointers Made: 12.80 (39%)
Free Throws Made: 18.70 (76.33%)
Rebounds: Total 40.9, Offensive 9.30, Defensive 31.60
Assists: 24.60
Blocks: 4.50
Steals: 7.10
Turnovers : 12.10
Personal Fouls: 16.80

Last 10 Games on the Road

2-Pointers Made: 29.30 (56%)
3-Pointers Made: 11.30 (35%)
Free Throws Made: 17.60 (71.26%)
Rebounds: Total 40.6, Offensive 9.50, Defensive 31.10
Assists: 23.50
Blocks: 4.40
Steals: 8.20
Turnovers : 13.10
Personal Fouls: 18.30

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

2-Pointers Made: 27.10 (50%)
3-Pointers Made: 12.00 (32%)
Free Throws Made: 17.50 (78.83%)
Rebounds: Total 44, Offensive 12.90, Defensive 31.10
Assists: 24.40
Blocks: 6.00
Steals: 9.60
Turnovers : 14.60
Personal Fouls: 18.80

Last 10 Home Games

2-Pointers Made: 27.40 (50%)
3-Pointers Made: 11.70 (33%)
Free Throws Made: 20.60 (85.12%)
Rebounds: Total 46.2, Offensive 12.90, Defensive 33.30
Assists: 23.60
Blocks: 8.20
Steals: 9.60
Turnovers : 16.30
Personal Fouls: 20.00

Team News

LA Lakers Player Stats & Roster

Player	GP	MIN	TP	TA	PTS	AST	3P	REB	BLK	STL
Luka Doncic	38	36.31	1278	332	33.6	8.7	3.5	7.7	0.5	1.5
Austin Reaves	23	35.3	612	144	26.6	6.3	2.7	5.2	0.2	1.0
LeBron James	29	33.17	637	193	22.0	6.7	1.5	5.9	0.6	1.1

Rui Hachimura	36	30.11	436	30	12.1	0.8	1.8	3.5	0.3	0.6
Marcus Smart	37	28.55	367	102	9.9	2.8	1.6	3.1	0.4	1.3
DeAndre Ayton	41	28.33	545	34	13.3	0.8	-	8.5	1.0	0.6
Jake LaRavia	46	27.4	434	95	9.4	2.1	1.2	4.2	0.5	1.4
Jarred Vanderbilt	37	19.45	181	51	4.9	1.4	0.5	5.2	0.4	0.9
Gabe Vincent	26	19.49	124	34	4.8	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.5
Jaxson Hayes	38	17.66	242	31	6.4	0.8	0.0	3.9	0.6	0.3
Nick Smith Jr.	23	13.06	140	27	6.1	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.3
Dalton Knecht	37	12.39	177	13	4.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	0.2	0.2
Maximilian Kleber	21	11.37	41	14	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.3
Kobe Bufkin	4	11.3	12	2	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.3	0.8	0.3
Drew Timme	13	7.99	43	11	3.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	-	0.4
Bronny James	25	6.94	43	27	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.4
Adou Thiero	15	5.78	20	5	1.3	0.3	-	1.2	0.1	0.3
Christopher Manon	4	3.43	-	-	-	-	-	0.8	0.5	0.3

Washington Wizards Player Stats & Roster

Player	GP	MIN	TP	TA	PTS	AST	3P	REB	BLK	STL
Kyshawn George	37	31.43	583	187	15.8	5.1	2.2	5.9	0.9	1.2
Bub Carrington	46	28.6	459	212	10.0	4.6	2.1	3.8	0.2	0.6
Alex Sarr	37	28.64	651	101	17.6	2.7	1.0	7.8	2.2	0.8

Trae Young	10	28.01	193	89	19.3	8.9	1.8	1.6	0.1	1.0
Bilal Coulibaly	27	26.66	266	69	9.9	2.6	0.9	4.9	1.0	1.5
Tre Johnson	38	25.16	499	83	13.1	2.2	2.2	2.8	0.3	0.6
Khris Middleton	32	24.59	326	106	10.2	3.3	0.9	4.1	0.3	0.8
Marvin Bagley III	36	19.34	359	53	10.0	1.5	0.2	5.7	0.7	0.5
Justin Champagnie	44	18.96	318	49	7.2	1.1	0.6	5.7	0.6	0.8
Cam Whitmore	21	17.09	199	16	9.5	0.8	0.8	2.9	0.3	0.7
Jamir Watkins	21	14.66	71	13	3.4	0.6	0.3	3.3	0.4	0.8
Will Riley	38	14.26	205	43	5.4	1.1	0.5	1.9	0.1	0.4
Tristan Vukcevic	30	12.01	209	29	7.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	0.7	0.3
Malaki Branham	27	9.4	111	23	4.1	0.9	0.4	1.6	0.1	0.4
AJ Johnson	23	7.09	39	14	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.1	-	0.2
Anthony Gill	22	4.41	44	3	2.0	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.2	0.3
Sharife Cooper	5	3.88	3	1	0.6	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.4	0.2
Skal Labissiere	1	3.6	-	-	-	-	-	1.0	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

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Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of tip-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous LA Lakers Lineups

28 Jan NBA

Lakers 99-129 Cavaliers

East Atlantic	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Knicks	29	18	0.617	117.5	112.6	4.9	18-6	11-12	8-3	21-11	5-5	4W
Celtics	29	18	0.617	116.4	110.1	6.3	14-8	15-10	7-4	21-12	5-5	1L
Raptors	29	20	0.592	113.6	112.1	1.5	13-11	16-9	4-9	22-13	6-4	1L
76ers	26	21	0.553	116.5	115.8	0.7	14-13	12-8	8-5	19-17	5-5	2W
Nets	12	34	0.261	107.7	114.7	-7	6-17	6-17	3-9	9-19	1-9	7L

East Central	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Pistons	34	12	0.739	116.8	110.1	6.7	19-5	15-7	8-3	22-6	7-3	1L
Cavaliers	29	20	0.592	119.2	116.1	3.1	17-11	12-9	7-3	19-13	8-2	5W
Bulls	23	25	0.479	117.6	119.7	-2.1	15-11	8-14	3-8	15-17	5-5	3L
Bucks	18	28	0.391	111.8	115.8	-4	9-12	9-16	5-4	14-16	2-8	4L
Pacers	12	36	0.25	110.3	118.3	-8	9-16	3-20	3-8	8-24	5-5	1W

East Southeast	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Heat	26	23	0.531	119.8	118.2	1.6	15-8	11-15	3-4	13-13	6-4	1W
Magic	24	22	0.522	115.4	115.6	-0.2	14-9	10-13	6-5	16-17	4-6	1W
Hawks	24	26	0.48	117.1	118.1	-1	9-14	15-12	4-3	12-17	5-5	1L
Hornets	21	28	0.429	116.3	114.8	1.5	9-13	12-15	6-4	14-19	7-3	5W
Wizards	12	34	0.261	112.2	122.3	-10.1	8-15	4-19	2-5	8-19	2-8	2W

West Northwest	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Thunder	38	11	0.776	120.3	108	12.3	21-5	17-6	7-3	29-7	6-4	1L
Nuggets	32	16	0.667	120.1	115.8	4.3	13-9	19-7	4-1	18-8	7-3	1W
Timberwolves	30	19	0.612	119	114.1	4.9	17-8	13-11	5-5	17-14	5-5	3W
Trail Blazers	23	25	0.479	115.5	117.4	-1.9	13-11	10-14	4-4	18-14	5-5	3L
Jazz	15	33	0.313	118.8	127.8	-9	10-16	5-17	1-8	9-24	2-8	4L

West Southwest	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Spurs	32	15	0.681	117.2	112.1	5.1	16-6	16-9	8-3	19-13	6-4	1W
Rockets	29	17	0.63	116.1	110	6.1	16-4	13-13	5-5	16-15	7-3	1W
Grizzlies	18	27	0.4	114.8	116.3	-1.5	10-14	8-13	5-5	14-15	3-7	4L
Mavericks	19	29	0.396	114.2	116.7	-2.5	14-14	5-15	3-6	11-20	5-5	3L
Pelicans	12	37	0.245	114.4	121.2	-6.8	7-19	5-18	5-7	6-26	4-6	1L