{"id":4497,"date":"2009-05-27T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T14:26:00","slug":"nuggets-lakers-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-lakers-odds-preview-3\/","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 Wednesday when they meet at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in the fifth game of the Western Conference Finals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chauncey<\/st2:GivenName> Billups<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed in 24 points on Monday night to lead the Nuggets to a 120-101 win over the Lakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nuggets managed to cover the 4.5-point spread at home in that contest and tie up the series 2-2. The combined score went OVER the night’s posted total (208.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
J.R.<\/st2:GivenName> Smith<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also tossed in 24 points in that win for Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Carmelo<\/st2:GivenName> Anthony<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 15 points. Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 34 points in the loss for the Lakers. <\/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 Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing LA Lakers are 6-4
After playing LA Lakers are 4-6
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing Denver are 9-1
After playing Denver are 6-4
After a loss are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Denver is 12-1-1 ATS in its last 14 games
Denver is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Denver’s last 11 games when playing LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver’s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
LA Lakers are 15-2 SU in their last 17 games when playing at home against Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of the LA Lakers last 8 games
LA Lakers are 20-3 SU in their last 23 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of the LA Lakers last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Lakers, Friday, May 29
LA Lakers at Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 29<\/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 Wednesday when they meet at STAPLES Center in the fifth game of the Western Conference Finals. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Chauncey Billups … 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-4497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497","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=4497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}