Lakers vs Hornets NBA Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com

The Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at New Orleans Arena.

Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 4½-point favorites versus the Hornets, while the game's total is sitting at 179½.

Los Angeles won its last outing, a 116-111 result against the Grizzlies on March 13. The Lakers covered in that game as a 1-point underdog, while the 227 combined points took the game OVER the total.

The Hornets were a 73-71 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Bobcats. They failed to cover the 6.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (144) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Los Angeles:
Team record: 26-16 SU, 19-23 ATS
Current streak: won 3 straight games.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 5 games
LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 6 of the LA Lakers last 8 games on the road

When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Minnesota are 6-4
After playing Memphis are 8-2
After a win are 7-3

New Orleans:
Team record: 10-32 SU, 20-22 ATS

The total has gone OVER in 8 of last 12 games when playing LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games at home

When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Washington are 7-3
After playing Charlotte are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6

Next up:
LA Lakers home to Minnesota, Friday, March 16
New Orleans home to Washington, Thursday, March 15