{"id":4438,"date":"2009-05-19T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-19T05:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T10:51:00","slug":"nuggets-lakers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Lakers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference Final after they defeated the Mavericks 124-110 on Wednesday. The Nuggets covered the 10.5-point spread, while the combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 213.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chauncey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Billups<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> shot 10-for-16 from the field with 28 points, seven rebounds and 12 assists for the Nuggets. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carmelo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Anthony<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored a team-high 30 points for the Nuggets. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Lakers defeated <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 89-70 as a 13-point favorite in Game 7 on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (194). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pau Gasol scored a game-high 21 points to go along with 18 rebounds for <st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Kobe Bryant added 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the win <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 65-17 SU, 42-39-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing LA Lakers are 7-3<br \/>After playing Dallas are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Denver are 9-1<br \/>After playing Houston are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Denver is 9-0-1 ATS in its last 10 games <br \/>Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Denver&#8217;s last 7 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver&#8217;s last 5 games <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 \/>LA Lakers are 12-1 SU in their last 13 games at home<br \/>LA Lakers are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games when playing Denver<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at LA Lakers, Thursday, May 21<br \/>LA Lakers home to <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, May 21<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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 fans at STAPLES Center will be treated to a game between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers when they take their seats on Tuesday. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nuggets-Lakers Lines 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-4438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438","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=4438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}