Monday, May 21st, 2012
The LA Lakers and Denver Nuggets will conclude a home and home series as they meet on New Year’s Day in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night.
Tip off time for the Lakers and Nuggets from Denver is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA package.
The point spread opened up in this NBA game with the home team Denver Nuggets favored by -4 ½ points with an over under lined at 198 ½ points.
Money early has steamed on the home club as the Denver Nuggets are now favored by -5 ½ points.
The total has moved down to 198 points.
Denver Nuggets money line bettors will lay -200 odds with the road team LA Lakers bringing back +185 odds to earn the upset win with no need for getting the points.
The LA Lakers travel into Denver with an overall mark of 3-2 on the year. The club is 0-1 on the highway.
LA puts up 93 points with 45.7% shooting a game with 25% from the three point line. The Lakers make 84.2% of their free throws.
On defense the Lakers are solid as they allow 86 points and 38.7% shooting. Teams hit on 31.9% from three against them.
After an 0-2 start to the season the Lakers have won three straight games sparked by outstanding defense.
LA has allowed just one team to scored 100 points against them all season and that came in their only road game of the season in a 100-91 defeat at Sacramento as a -3 ½ point betting favorite.
The Lakers are coming off the 92-89 home win yesterday afternoon to the Denver Nuggets as a -5 ½ point favorite.
The total landed under the closing line of 198 points.
LA converted on 45.3% of their shots from the field with only 2 of 24 from the three point line.
With Andrew Bynum making his debut this season with the club the Lakers crushed Denver on the boards by a 50-36 margin.
Andrew Bynum led LA in scoring with 29 points on 13 of 18 from the floor and 13 rebounds.
Both Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol had 17 points each.
Kobe had an off shooting game making just 6 of 18 from the floor but had 10 rebounds and 9 assists.
Denver will host the Lakers with a 2-2 record on the year. The team is 1-0 at home.
The Nuggets average 105 points and hit on 46.4% of their shots with 29.3% shooting from the three point line. The team makes 76.5% of their free throws.
The team gives up 99 points with a poor 46.9% shooting and 28.7% from beyond the arc per contest.
The Nuggets have dropped two straight.
In their lone home game thus far they defeated Utah 117-100 as a -12 ½ point betting favorite.
Denver in their 92-89 loss to the Lakers yesterday hit on 42.5% of their shots and 7 of 26 from three. The team gave away points from the free line making only 14 of 22.
Off the bench Al Harrington led Denver with 21 points on 8 of 17 from the floor.
Arron Afflalo, Nene and Andre Miller had 13 points each in defeat.
It was a bad game for Danilo Gallinari who had just 7 points on 3 of 12 shooting.
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