Charlotte Hornets vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, 12/28/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Charlotte Hornets vs Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Thursday, December 28, 2023

Location: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum Sportsnet

Crypto.com Arena is where the Los Angeles Lakers (16-15) will attempt to defeat the Charlotte Hornets (7-21) on Thursday.

The Hornets faced off with the Clippers and went home with a loss by a final score of 113-104 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Hornets ended up finishing with 23 and the Clippers recorded 14 personal fouls. They converted 14 of their 34 tries from long range. Los Angeles went 76.0% at the free throw line by converting 19 of 25 tries. Additionally, Los Angeles totaled 45 boards (11 offensive, 34 defensive) and added 6 rejections. Los Angeles dished out 24 dimes and had 7 steals for the matchup. In relation to the defense, Charlotte allowed the other team to shoot 47.1% from the floor on 40 out of 85 shooting. They also doled out 31 assists for the contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and getting 8 steals. When discussing getting rebounds, they earned 42 with 8 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Hornets converted 12 of 16 shots for a rate of 75.0%. Charlotte finished having earned a 46.2% FG percentage (43 of 93) and converted 6 of their 29 3-pointers.

Miles Bridges is one guy who was a contributor for this game. Bridges finished 39.1% from the field and dished out 5 dimes. He saw the court for 38 minutes played and snagged 11 rebounds. He walked away with 21 points on 9 of 23 shooting.

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Charlotte heads into this contest with a mark of 7-21 on the campaign. They are turning it over 13.9 times per game and as a squad are committing 19.9 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Charlotte is pulling down 41.6 boards per contest and is sitting with 702 dimes on the season, which has them ranked 27th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Hornets are hitting 34.7% on shots from downtown (303 of 872) and 79.7% from the free throw line. They average 110.2 points per contest (27th in the league) while connecting on 46.6% from the field.

Defensively, the Hornets are able to force 13.9 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.6 fouls. They are giving up 38.8% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 25th in the NBA in opponents PPG (120.6). The Hornets defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 49.4% (1,227 of 2,484) and they concede 45.3 boards per contest as a unit. They are 14th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 769 surrendered this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Lakers took a loss by a score of 126-115 when they played the Celtics. The Lakers snagged 30 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 43 for the contest. They gave up possession of the ball 12 times, while earning 4 steals for the contest. The Celtics had 17 personal fouls in this game which got the Lakers to the charity stripe for a total of 21 attempts. They were able to knock down 16 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 76.2%. When it comes to shots from downtown, Los Angeles buried 13 out of their 32 tries (40.6%). When the final whistle blew, the Lakers shot 43 for 90 from the floor which had them at 47.8%. The Lakers permitted the Celtics to convert 46 out of their 91 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 50.5% for this contest. They finished 31.0% from beyond the arc by going 13 out of 42 and finished the game at 21 out of 28 at the free throw line (75.0%). In reference to rebounds, Los Angeles permitted Boston to collect 44 in all (11 on the offensive glass).

Anthony Davis pitched in for the Lakers for the contest. Davis totaled 40 points in his 39 minutes on the hardwood and added 4 assists in this matchup. He knocked down 15 of 26 for this game for a field goal rate of 57.7%, and totaled 13 rebounds.

Los Angeles has a win-loss mark of 16-15 so far this year. The Lakers are responsible for committing 17.0 personal fouls every game and they connect on 76.4% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 27.1 times per game (9th in the league) and they are giving up possession 14.1 times per game. Los Angeles has accounted for 3,536 pts so far this year (114.1 per contest) and they grab 44.0 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Lakers are hitting on 48.5% from the field, which is 5th in the NBA.

The Los Angeles defense allows 37.2% on three-point shots (434 of 1,168) and opponents are converting on 78.2% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 26.9 assists and 44.7 boards per game, which has them ranked 19th and 22nd in basketball. The Lakers on the defensive side of the court are 16th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 114.6. They have forced 13.5 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 46.3% from the field (12th in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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