The Los Angeles Lakers take on the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. The game, the first of the 2025-26 season for both teams, tips at 10 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
The Warriors are only a 1.5-point favorite when they and the Lakers meet in a game expected to be a close matchup. The point total for the matchup is set at 223.5.
Warriors vs. Lakers betting odds
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Spread: Golden State -1.5Total: 223.5Moneyline: Golden State -122, Los Angeles +102
Warriors at Lakers odds, spread, & morePredictionPick ATS: Lakers (+ 1.5)Pick OU:
Over (223.5)Prediction:
Lakers 112 – Warriors 111MoneylineThe Warriors finished with a 37-18 record in games they were favored on the moneyline last season (winning 67.3% of those games).When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -122 or shorter last year, Golden State finished with a record of 34-18 (65.4%).The implied moneyline probability for this matchup gives the Warriors a 55.0% chance to win.Last season, Los Angeles won 15 out of the 33 games, or 45.5%, in which it was the underdog.The Lakers had a record of 13-18 in games where bookmakers had them as underdogs of at least +102 on the moneyline.Los Angeles has a 49.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.Against the spreadLast year, the Warriors averaged 113.8 points per game, just 1.6 more points than the 112.2 the Lakers gave up.Golden State went 33-14 against the spread and 37-10 overall last season when scoring more than 112.2 points.Los Angeles went 36-12-1 against the spread and 38-11 overall when it scored more than 110.5 points last season.Golden State had an ATS record of 33-18 and a 36-15 record overall last season when its opponents scored fewer than 113.4 points.Last season, the Warriors were at the 17th spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (113.8 PPG), while the Lakers allowed the 10th-fewest points per game (112.2) in the league.Los Angeles was the NBA’s 19th-ranked offense (113.4 PPG) a season ago, while Golden State allowed the eighth-ranked average points per game (110.5).The Warriors totaled 271 more points than their opponents last season (3.3 per game on average), and the Lakers scored 100 more points than their opponents (1.2 per game).Over/UnderGolden State’s average implied point total last season was 3.5 more points than its implied total in Tuesday’s game (116.5 implied points on average compared to 113 implied points in this game).Last year, Golden State put up more than 113 points in 47 games.The average implied point total last season for Los Angeles (116.3) is 5.3 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (111).How to watch Warriors vs. Lakers