{"id":4452,"date":"2009-05-21T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T12:43:00","slug":"nuggets-lakers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Lakers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> for the second game of the Western Conference Finals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lakers scored 31 points in the fourth quarter to come back and defeat the Nuggets 105-103 in Game 1 on Tuesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lakers failed to cover the 7-point spread in that contest, and the 208 points fell UNDER the posted total of 214. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 40 points to lead the Lakers, and grabbed six rebounds in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carmelo<\/st2:GivenName> Anthony<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> dropped 39 points to go with six rebounds and four assists in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS
Los Angeles: 65-17 SU, 42-39-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Denver most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing LA Lakers are 7-3
After playing LA Lakers are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Denver are 9-1
After playing Denver are 7-3
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Denver is 10-0-1 ATS in its last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Denver’s last 8 games when playing LA Lakers
Denver is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games
LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Denver
LA Lakers are 13-1 SU in their last 14 games at home
LA Lakers are 11-1 SU in their last 12 games when playing Denver<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Lakers, Saturday, May 23
LA Lakers at Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, May 23<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at STAPLES Center for the second game of the Western Conference Finals. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Lakers … Continue reading Nuggets-Lakers Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452","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=4452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}