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The Los Angeles Lakers play their 7th of 8 seeding games this evening as they take on the Denver Nuggets, another team that is looking to play out the string of their seeding games before getting to the postseason. The Lakers are looking to avoid losing their 4th straight game, something they’ve done only once before this season. They will also have to do that with less firepower in the backcourt, as they will be without Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who is nursing a sore ankle after he got rolled up in Saturday’s loss to the Indiana Pacers.

How To Watch

Time: 6 p.m. Pacific/9 p.m. Eastern

Channel: TNT (National), Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles Area)

Spread: Lakers -5

The Lakers have only lost four games in a row one other time this season. That was back in December and obviously, a major difference between that stretch and this one is that the Lakers have already clinched the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.

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