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After facing five opening losses in NBA 2022-23 regular season, LeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers will look to bounce back to the winning ways in their next match against Denver Nuggets, who are riding high on the shoulders of the reigning two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

In the NBA Western Conference standings, the Nuggets are sitting on the fifth place with four wins and two losses while the Lakers are at the bottom of the points table with five straight losses. For the Lakers, Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley need to step up their games while the Nuggets will enter the match high on confidence after already beating the Lakers this season.

Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets: Match Prediction

Head-To-Head:

Top Players:

  • The Lakers include  LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley and Lonnie Walker  as their star players.
  • The Nuggets include Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray,  Aaron Gordon, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Michael Porter Jr. as their top players.

Average Quarter score:

  • 1st quarter: 30-26
  • 2nd quarter: 24-28
  • 3rd quarter: 26-28
  • 4th quarter: 28-30

Nuggets at Lakers: Betting Odds

  • Against The Spread (ATS): 3.5 points (Nuggets -3.5)
  • Over/Under (OU): 220 points (Over)
  • Prediction: Lakers 108-112 Nuggets

Money Line: 

  • The Lakers have +190 odds to pick up the win, while the Nuggets are listed at -250 to claim victory.
  • Last season, the Nuggets were the favorites 28 times and won 21 while the Lakers won 10 of the 39 games they played as underdogs.

Against The Spread:

  • Last season, the Nuggets managed 112.7 points per game while the Lakers averaged 112.1 points per game.
  • From their opponents in the last season, the Nuggets scored 2.3 points more per game, and the Lakers managed a difference of 3 points less per game.

Over/Under:

  • The average implied total in the last season for the Nuggets was 113.6 while for the Lakers it was 114.8 points.

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