{"id":4139,"date":"2009-04-09T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-09T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T14:03:00","slug":"nuggets-lakers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Lakers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at STAPLES Center. <br \/>Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <br \/>The Nuggets scored 33 points in the fourth quarter and came away with a 122-112 victory over the Thunder on Wednesday. The Nuggets failed to cover the 13-point spread, while the combined 234 points sailed OVER the posted total of 210. <br \/>Carmelo Anthony dropped 31 points to go with five rebounds and five assists to lead the way. <br \/>Pau Gasol dropped 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, as the Lakers cruised past the Kings 122-104 on Tuesday night. <br \/>Los Angeles covered as 10-point road favorites as the teams played over the 217-point total listed by oddsmakers. <br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Denver has won 8 straight games.<br \/>Los Angeles has won 4 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Denver: 53-26 SU, 44-34-1 ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 62-16 SU, 39-38-1 ATS <br \/>Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 5-5<br \/>After playing Oklahoma City are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Portland are 8-2<br \/>After playing Sacramento are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Denver&#39;s last 5 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver&#39;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Denver is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games when playing Denver<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games when playing at home against Denver<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Denver<br \/>Next up:<br \/>Denver home to Sacramento, Monday, April 13<br \/>LA Lakers at Portland, Friday, April 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at STAPLES Center. Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Nuggets scored 33 points in the fourth quarter and came away with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nuggets-Lakers Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}