{"id":15639,"date":"2009-11-13T19:50:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-14T00:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=15639"},"modified":"2009-11-13T19:50:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-14T00:50:24","slug":"lakers-nuggets-odds-betting-pick-131109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/lakers-nuggets-odds-betting-pick-131109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting: L.A. vs. Denver Preview\/Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA Parlay Picks \u2013 Lakers, Nuggets, Battle In West Finals Rematch<\/h2>\n

Lakers (+4) at Nuggets (-4)
\n(O\/U) 212
\nTonight at 10:30 PM ET<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Lakers (7-1 SU, 3-5 ATS, 5-3 O\/U) beat down one challenger for their Western Conference crown on Thursday. Tonight, they will look to repeat the feat when they take to the floor at the Pepsi Center for a rematch of last season\u2019s Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets (6-3 SU, 4-5 ATS, 5-4 O\/U).<\/p>\n

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The Lakers routed the run-and-gun Phoenix Suns121-102 on Thursday, led by Andrew Bynum\u2019s double-double of 26 points and 15 rebounds and Kobe Bryant\u2019s game-high 29 points.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have struggled in a big way recently, losing three of four including their uninspiring 108-102 defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Carmelo Anthony scored a game-high 32 points to go along with 10 rebounds in the loss.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at the key NBA betting trends for this Western Conference thriller, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA expert picks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
\nNuggets are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 home games.
\nNuggets are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall
\nUnder is 10-3 in the last 13 meetings. \"\"<\/a>
\nUnder is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Denver.
\nLakers are 13-5 ATS in the last 18 meetings.<\/p>\n

Analysis: I know the Denver Nuggets will be up for this game and have had a day off since their game on Wednesday while the Lakers are playing back-to-back following Thursday\u2019s win over Phoenix, but you had better believe that Kobe Bryant will have his Lakers teammates more than ready for this rematch of last season\u2019s Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n

While the Nuggets are back at home following their six-game road trip in which they went a respectable 3-3 SU and 2-4 ATS, I like the Lakers to show their championship mettle against the Nuggets as they deliver another message to their Western Conference rivals that all roads to the NBA Finals out west go through L.A.<\/p>\n

Denver\u2019s loss to a young Milwaukee team, combined with their one-point win over an equally young Bulls team \u2013 and blowout loss at Atlanta, tell me the Nuggets are out of sync and ripe for the picking to a Lakers team that is getting some fantastic contributions from young center Andrew Bynum, along with the normal excellence of perennial MVP candidate Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n

Simply put pro basketball lifers, I like the Lakers to cover the spread, likely with the outright road win while the Nuggets try to solve some of their recent problems.<\/p>\n

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Oddsmakers currently have the Nuggets listed as 4-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game’s total is sitting at 212., here is a preview for the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets plus a free NBA expert pick and lines betting angle…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[41,3944,118,164,5595,19995,19996,19997,19998,13923,744,19247,1599,19984,749,2381,3925],"class_list":["post-15639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-41","tag-basketball-lines","tag-basketball-picks","tag-betting-lines","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-l-a-vs-denver","tag-lakers-nuggets-predictions","tag-lakers-nuggets-spread","tag-lakers-vs-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-lakers-vs-denver-nuggets","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-expert-picks","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-matchup-preview","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16893,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15639\/revisions\/16893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}