{"id":32348,"date":"2014-01-05T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32348"},"modified":"2014-01-05T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T19:08:12","slug":"nba-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-los-angeles-lakers-32348\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers
\nSunday, 1\/5\/14, 9:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 205.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 203.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Denver<\/a>
Denver Nuggets PG Ty Lawson has put up great numbers against the Los Angeles Lakers in the L4 meetings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver snapped an eight-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 111-108 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as 4.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Nuggets have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Ty Lawson leading the way at 17.7 points a contest, which is important to consider when making your NBA predictions.\u00a0 He\u2019s averaging 19.8 points and 9.8 assists in the team\u2019s four-game winning streak in this Western Conference rivalry.\u00a0 Denver is 2-0 SU and 1-0-1 ATS as road favorites of three or fewer points this season.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are 7-9 SU away from the Pepsi Center during the 2013-14 campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Over the last five seasons, Denver has compiled a 56-22 record in the month of January\u2014winning at least 10 games in five straight years during that particular calendar month.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the squad\u2019s bench has outscored its opponents\u2019 second unit in 24 of 32 contests.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles also stopped a lengthy losing streak last time out, as it tallied a 110-99 victory over the Utah Jazz as 3.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the betting total of 195.5.\u00a0 The Lakers have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with forward Nick Young leading the way at 16.5 points a contest.\u00a0 He has scored 20-plus points eight times and gone over the 30-point mark once.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 5-5 SU and 5-4-1 ATS as home underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 8-9 SU at the Staples Center this season, including a 6-5 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 At this venue, Los Angeles has compiled a 21-5 SU record in this series.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks 17th in the league in averaging 99.3 points per game, but sits behind 27 teams in giving up 103.2 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to the favorite going 6-1 ATS in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers Sunday, 1\/5\/14, 9:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 205.5 Current Total:\u00a0 203.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver snapped an eight-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 111-108 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as 4.5-point home favorites, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[526,68,18,4348,3624,216,3693],"class_list":["post-32348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-nick-young","tag-staples-center","tag-ty-lawson","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32350,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32348\/revisions\/32350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}