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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Pepsi Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Nuggets as -2-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game's total opened at 210.5.
Denver lost its last outing, a 100-97 result against the Kings on November 30. The Nuggets failed to cover in that game as a -4-point favorite, while the 197 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
The Lakers were a 114-100 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Mavericks. They failed to cover the -6.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (214) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Los Angeles:
Team record: 17-3 SU,11-9 ATS
LA Lakers is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
LA Lakers is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games
Denver:
Team record: 13-4 SU,8-8-1 ATS
Denver is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games
Next up:
Los Angeles at Utah Wednesday, December 4
Denver at New York Thursday, December 5