Los Angeles Lakers vs Charlotte Hornets NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/8/2021

The Los Angeles Lakers play host to the Charlotte Hornets at the Staples Center on Monday night.

The Charlotte Hornets have been in a real slump as they’ve lost five of their past six games and they will be hoping to avoid a fifth straight defeat after getting routed by the Clippers in a 120-16 road loss last night. LaMelo Ball led the team with 21 points, seven rebounds and three assists, Miles Bridges added 21 points with six assists, Terry Rozier scored 17 points while Gordon Hayward chipped in with 15 points. As a team, the Hornets shot 40 percent from the field and 10 of 33 from the 3-point line as they stormed out of the gates with 39 points in the first quarter to take the early lead and allow them to hang around until the fourth quarter where they scored just 19 points to allow the Clippers to run away with it.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers have been in decent shape as they’ve won five of their past eight games, but they will be hoping to stop a two-game skid after getting thrashed by the Trailblazers in a 105-90 road loss on Saturday. Malik Monk led the team in scoring with 13 points, Carmelo Anthony added 12 points while Dwight Howard chipped in with 11 points, but no other player scored more than 10 points, including the starters who were all terrible. As a team, the Lakers shot just 34 percent from the field and nine of 32 from the 3-point line as they got outscored by 36-14 in the first quarter to fall behind big early, before the Trailblazers exploded for 42 points in the third quarter to blow the margin out to 34 points. Russell Westbrook had one of the worst games of his career as he finished with just eight points on one of 13 shooting from the field while Anthony Davis played just seven minutes before leaving the game with a finger injury.

Looking at the betting trends, the Hornets are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last five games overall. The Lakers are 5-16 ATS in their last 21 home games and 8-22-1 ATS in their last 31 games overall.

Head to head, the under is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings in Los Angeles, the Hornets are 3-12-1 ATS in the last 16 meetings overall and the Hornets are 1-3-1 ATS in the last five meetings in Los Angeles.

The Hornets were right in the contest against the Clippers last night until late in the fourth quarter where they just let it slip. The Lakers were building some nice momentum before dropping their last two games, but who knows what we’re going to see after they laid an egg against the Trailblazers on Saturday. LeBron James is still out and Anthony Davis is listed as questionable for this one, but the Lakers were embarrassed in their last outing and I think they’ll respond with a much-needed win here despite the injuries.