The Los Angeles Lakers (0-3) will try to end a three-game losing streak when visiting the Denver Nuggets (2-2) at 7:00 PM ET on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Ball Arena. The game airs on ESPN, SportsNet LA, and ALT.
The Nuggets take the court as 5-point favorites against the Lakers. The over/under for the game is 229.
Nuggets vs. Lakers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Denver -5
- Total: 229
- Moneyline: Denver -197, Los Angeles +166
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Lakers at Nuggets odds, spread, & more
Prediction
- Pick ATS: Nuggets (- 5)
- Pick OU:
Under (229)
- Prediction:
Nuggets 117 – Lakers 108
Moneyline
- Denver was favored on the moneyline 53 total times last season. It finished 35-18 in those games.
- When it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -197 or shorter last year, Denver finished with a record of 23-9 (71.9%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Denver has an implied win probability of 66.3%.
- Los Angeles was underdogs 39 times last season and won 10, or 25.6%, of those games.
- Los Angeles had a record of 6-18, a 25% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +166 or more by sportsbooks last season.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Los Angeles has a 37.6% chance to win.
Against the spread
- Last year, the Nuggets averaged 112.7 points per game, only 2.4 fewer points than the 115.1 the Lakers allowed.
- When Denver put up more than 115.1 points last season, it went 23-10 against the spread and 28-5 overall.
- Los Angeles went 18-15 against the spread and 18-15 overall last season when allowing fewer than 112.7 points.
- The Lakers averaged only 1.7 more points per game last year (112.1) than the Nuggets allowed their opponents to score (110.4).
- Los Angeles went 24-19 against the spread and 24-19 overall when it scored more than 110.4 points last season.
- Denver had an ATS record of 29-20 and a 37-12 record overall last season when its opponents scored fewer than 112.1 points.
- Last season, the Nuggets were the league’s 10th-ranked scoring team (112.7 PPG), while the Lakers were the 27th-ranked defense in terms of points per game (115.1) in NBA play.
- Los Angeles was the NBA’s 11th-ranked offense (112.1 PPG) a season ago, while Denver allowed the 14th-ranked average points per game (110.4).
- The Nuggets put up a total of 189 more points than their opponents last year (an average of 2.3 per game), while the Lakers were out-scored by opponents on average last year (by 250 total points, -3.0 per game).
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Over/Under
- Denver had an average implied point total of 113.6 last season, which is 3.4 points lower than its implied total in Wednesday’s game (117).
- Last year, Denver put up more than 117 points in 30 games.
- The 114.8-point average implied total last season for Los Angeles is 2.8 more points than the team’s 112-point implied total in this matchup.
- Los Angeles did not score more than its implied point total for this matchup (112) in a game.
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How to watch Nuggets vs. Lakers
- Game Day: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet LA, and ALT
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Arena: Ball Arena
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Livestream: Watch on fuboTV!
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