Los Angeles Lakers

Q: When do the Lakers play next?

Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers, Fri, Nov 6. Our pick posts before tip-off.

Q: How accurate are our Lakers predictions?

5 right of 8 Lakers games graded so far this season. The full record is on the How accurate page.

2026-27 season · West · 6–2 · #15 in our team strength

LiveWed Nov 4 LALLakers– SACKings– Our pick LAL · est. 78% 10:00 PMFri PORTrail Blazers LALLakers Pick posts before tip-off 6:00 PMSun LALLakers DETPistons Pick posts before tip-off 7:00 PMMon LALLakers ATLHawks Pick posts before tip-off 8:00 PMWed LALLakers MILBucks Pick posts before tip-off 4:00 PMSun LALLakers PHXSuns Pick posts before tip-off

Results · our picks 5 of 8 rightAll

FinalMon Nov 2 MIAHeat117 LALLakers138 Our pick LAL · est. 54%Our pick right FinalSun Nov 1 TORRaptors125 LALLakers131 Our pick LAL · est. 64%Our pick right FinalFri Oct 30 LALLakers95 GSWWarriors112 Our pick LAL · est. 58%Our pick wrong FinalWed Oct 28 LALLakers103 LACClippers87 Our pick LAC · est. 61%Our pick wrong FinalTue Oct 27 PORTrail Blazers136 LALLakers129 Our pick LAL · est. 56%Our pick wrong FinalSun Oct 25 LALLakers132 UTAJazz123 Our pick LAL · est. 69%Our pick right FinalFri Oct 23 LACClippers117 LALLakers125 Our pick LAL · est. 64%Our pick right FinalWed Oct 21 GSWWarriors105 LALLakers127 Our pick LAL · est. 52%Our pick right

Quick answers

Will the Los Angeles Lakers make the playoffs?

Our model gives them est. 64% as of Nov 4 (a top-6 seed or a spot through the play-in), with a title chance of est. <1%. It's a projection from the data and it changes as the season goes.

When do the Lakers play next?

Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers, Fri, Nov 6. Our pick posts before tip-off.

How accurate are our Lakers predictions?

5 right of 8 Lakers games graded so far this season. The full record is on the How accurate page.

At a glance

Record6–2#3 in the West · GB 1

Team strength#15of 30

Our picks5 of 862% right

Team strength: about even with an average team (as of Nov 4).

WestFull standings

1HOURockets7–1.875 2PORTrail Blazers5–1.833 3LALLakers tied6–2.750 3MEMGrizzlies tied6–2.750 3OKCThunder tied6–2.750 6SASSpurs5–2.714 7GSWWarriors tied5–3.625 7MINTimberwolves tied5–3.625 9DALMavericks4–3.571 10DENNuggets3–3.500 11NOPPelicans3–4.429 12PHXSuns1–4.200 13LACClippers tied1–6.143 13SACKings tied1–6.143 13UTAJazz tied1–6.143

Ordered by win %; teams with the same record are marked tied (the NBA's tiebreakers decide those).

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42.4Projected wins

64%Make the playoffs (a top-6 seed or through the play-in)

<1%Win the title

From 5,000 simulated seasons; estimates, shown from <1% to >99%. Every team

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