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Lakers at Pelicans · Wed, Dec 2 · 8:00 PM ET

Lakers at New Orleans. Here is where each team has the edge.

LakersNew Orleans

8:00 PM ET
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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Lakers edges

No clear mismatch in Los Angeles' favor.

Pelicans edges

No clear mismatch in New Orleans' favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
LALRankStatRankNOP
119.09thOffensive rating20th115.4
117.219thDefensive rating25th119.9
+1.814thNet rating21st-4.5
97.621stPace11th99.5
57.32ndEffective FG %27th52.7
12.620thTurnover %9th11.7
23.922ndOffensive rebound %8th27.0
24.42ndFree throw rate6th22.2
55.522ndOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
12.611thForced turnover %19th11.8
74.313thDefensive rebound %28th71.4
19.18thOpponent FT rate13th19.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Lakers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. L
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

Pelicans1-9 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. L

2025-26 series: Fri, Nov 14 LAL 118, NOP 104 · Sun, Nov 30 NOP 121, LAL 133 · Tue, Jan 6 LAL 111, NOP 103 · Tue, Mar 3 NOP 101, LAL 110

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers