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Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers
The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Crypto.com Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Nuggets as -2.5-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game's total opened at 232.5.
The Lakers were a 134-131 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Wizards. They failed to cover the -10.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (265) made winners of OVER bettors.
Denver won its last outing, a 103-97 result against the Heat on February 29. The Nuggets failed to cover in that game as a -6.5-point favorite, while the 200 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Denver:
Team record: 41-19 SU,26-32-2 ATS
Current Streak: won 5 straight games.
Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Denver's last 18 games
Los Angeles:
Team record: 34-28 SU,28-34 ATS
LA Lakers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
LA Lakers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Next up:
Denver home to Phoenix Tuesday, March 5
Los Angeles home to Oklahoma City Monday, March 4