The Los Angeles Lakers (0-0) currently have +1400 odds to win the 2025-26 NBA championship as they head into the season opener at home against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, October 21 at 10 p.m. ET.
NBA playoffs & championship futures odds over timeOdds to win the NBA Championship: +1400 (6th in NBA)
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Lakers’ schedule insightsAccording to their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Lakers will be facing the 19th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.Los Angeles is facing the 11th-ranked divisional schedule this season (based on its Pacific Division opponents’ projected win total this year).The Lakers will play 38 games in 2025-26 against teams that finished above .500 in 2024-25 (22 games against teams that won 50 or more games and 14 tilts that pit them against squads that collected fewer than 26 wins).
Lakers 2024-25 stat leadersLeBron James paced his team in points (24.4), rebounds (7.8) and assists (8.2) per contest last year, shooting 51.3% from the field and 37.6% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game. Defensively, he delivered 1.0 steals and 0.6 blocks.Austin Reaves put up 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game last season, shooting 46.0% from the field and 37.7% from downtown with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game.Luka Doncic put up 28.2 points, 7.7 assists and 8.2 rebounds per contest last season.Rui Hachimura put up 13.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per contest last year, shooting 50.9% from the field and 41.3% from beyond the arc with 1.7 made 3-pointers per contest.Lakers 2024-25 statsLast season, the Lakers were 19th in the league on offense (113.4 points scored per game) and 10th defensively (112.2 points allowed).The Lakers put up 95.0 points per game last year at home, which was 13.5 fewer points than they averaged on the road (108.5).