{"id":641299,"date":"2026-03-05T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/641299\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:51:13","slug":"2025-26-nba-odds-can-lakers-climb-out-of-underdog-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/641299\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-26 NBA Odds: Can Lakers Climb Out of Underdog Slump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">A disturbing trend has developed in La La Land \u2014 and no, we&#8217;re not talking about Luka Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s altercation with J.J. Redick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Actually, it&#8217;s a betting trend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lakers<\/a> are 37-24 on the season, firmly in the mix for the third seed in the West, assuming OKC and San Antonio continue to lead the pack at the top of the conference. Overall, L.A. is 29-9 when favored \u2014 16-5 when favored at home and 13-4 when favored on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Pretty good, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">But there is always the other side of the coin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/betting\/sports-betting-on-fox-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Lakers are 8-15 overall as an underdog, including 2-7 as the home \u2018dog and 6-8 as the road \u2019dog.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">To take it a step further, consider this: The Lakers have failed to cover in 11 straight games as an underdog.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Check out the recent results:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Dec. 23 @ Phoenix: Lakers (+3.5) lose by 24<br \/>Dec. 25 vs. Houston: Lakers (+2.5) lose by 23<br \/>Dec. 30 vs. Detroit: Lakers (+2.5) lose by 22<br \/>Jan. 7 @ San Antonio: Lakers (+8.5) lose by 16<br \/>Jan. 17 @ Portland: Lakers (+3.5) lose by 16<br \/>Jan. 22 @ LA Clippers: Lakers (+2.5) lose by 8<br \/>Jan. 28 @ Cleveland: Lakers (+3.5) lose by 30<br \/>Feb. 1 @ New York: Lakers (+6.5) lose by 12<br \/>Feb. 9 vs. OKC: Lakers (+6.5) lose by 9<br \/>Feb. 10 vs. San Antonio: Lakers (+13.5) lose by 28<br \/>Feb. 22 vs. Boston: Lakers (+1.5) lose by 22<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Yeesh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">And not only are the Lakers failing to cover as underdogs, they are getting blown out. In those 11 games, they&#8217;ve lost by 10 or more in nine of them and 20 or more in six of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Five of those losses have also come on their home floor, by an average of 20.8 points. Granted, those five home games were against five of the best teams in the league, but the best teams in the league exist in the playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The last time L.A. covered as an underdog was back on Dec. 14, when it beat Phoenix by two as a 1.5-point favorite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Lakers will face the Nuggets on Thursday as 5.5-point underdogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A disturbing trend has developed in La La Land \u2014 and no, we&#8217;re not talking about Luka Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,212,712,150,1407,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-641299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-gambling","11":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","12":"tag-national-basketball-association","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116177606026978673","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}