Los Angeles Lakers vs Toronto Raptors Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 12/04/25

Despite not having Luka Doncic at their disposal, the LA Lakers head into Toronto as just 1.5 point underdogs. Doncic is currently out of the line-up attending a personal matter, the oddsmakers have a lot of faith in this Lakers team at the moment. Someone else will have to step into the playmaker role in his absence, head coach JJ Redick has to find a way to compensate for Luka’s 35.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game. Will it be LeBron James? The soon-to-be 41 year old has a history with Toronto, however his age has started to show this season, he barely got to 10 points in his last game vs Phoenix.

Toronto’s form has been up and down a bit lately, but the good news is they were able to bounce back from back-to-back defeats to Charlotte and New York by beating a solid Portland team 121-118 at home. This is one of the better home teams in the NBA at 8-2 SU. When playing at home the Raptors have the 4th best defensive efficiency, the 7th best assist percentage and they also shoot the 8th highest effective field goal percentage. We all know the Lakers love to push the tempo and score a ton of points, aside from RJ Barrett being out injured, I don’t see anything else that can slow this team down at the moment.

No Luka means trouble for the Lakers. I’m sure Austin Reaves will do his best to carry the team on his back, but I don’t think LA can overcome the absence of Doncic here. Brandon Ingram and co. have been solid in home games, I have them covering the spread here.

LA Lakers vs Toronto Raptors Predictions: Raptors -1.5 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.