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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Ball Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Nuggets as -6-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game's total opened at 242.5.
Denver won its last outing, a 129-115 result against the Hornets on February 20. The Nuggets failed to cover in that game as a -18-point favorite, while the 244 combined points took the game OVER the total.
In their last action, Los Angeles was a 110-102 winner on the road against the Trail Blazers. They covered the -2-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (212) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Los Angeles:
Team record: 33-21 SU,29-24-1 ATS
LA Lakers is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
LA Lakers is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Lakers's last 10 games
Denver:
Team record: 37-19 SU,29-26-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 9 straight games.
Denver is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver's last 6 games
Next up:
Los Angeles home to Dallas Tuesday, February 25
Denver at Indiana Monday, February 24