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Lakers at Bulls · Sat, Jan 2 · 8:00 PM ET

Lakers at Chicago. Here is where each team has the edge.

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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.

Bulls edges

No clear mismatch in Chicago's 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
LALRankStatRankCHI
119.09thOffensive rating24th113.8
117.219thDefensive rating22nd118.9
+1.814thNet rating22nd-5.1
97.621stPace2nd101.9
57.32ndEffective FG %14th54.7
12.620thTurnover %22nd12.7
23.922ndOffensive rebound %27th23.1
24.42ndFree throw rate24th19.1
55.522ndOpponent eFG %20th55.3
12.611thForced turnover %29th10.6
74.313thDefensive rebound %6th75.5
19.18thOpponent FT rate7th19.0

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

Bulls2-8 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Mon, Jan 26 LAL 129, CHI 118 · Thu, Mar 12 CHI 130, LAL 142

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers