The Denver Nuggets (17-10) will try to extend a three-game winning run when they visit the Los Angeles Lakers (11-16) at 10:00 PM ET on Friday, December 16, 2022 at Crypto.com Arena. The contest airs on ESPN, SportsNet LA, and ALT.
The Nuggets play the Lakers in a game expected to be a tight one. The Nuggets are favored by just 1 point against the Lakers.
Nuggets vs. Lakers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Denver -1
- Moneyline: Denver -115, Los Angeles -105
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Nuggets at Lakers odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Lakers (+ 1)
- Prediction: –
Lakers 116 – Nuggets 115
- Denver has been the favorite in 20 games this season and has come away with the win 13 times (65%) in those contests.
- This season, Denver has come away with a win 13 times in 20 chances when named as a favorite of at least -115 or better on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Denver has a 53.5% chance of pulling out a win.
- Los Angeles has won six of the 19 games it was the underdog on the moneyline this season (31.6%).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -105 or longer, Los Angeles has a record of 5-13 (27.8%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, Los Angeles has an implied win probability of 51.2%.
- The Nuggets average only 0.6 fewer points per game (116.0) than the Lakers give up (116.6).
- Denver is 10-2 against the spread and 12-0 overall when scoring more than 116.6 points.
- When Los Angeles gives up fewer than 116.0 points, it is 5-7 against the spread and 5-7 overall.
- The Lakers score just 0.7 more points per game (115.0) than the Nuggets give up (114.3).
- When it scores more than 114.3 points, Los Angeles is 10-4-1 against the spread and 10-5 overall.
- Denver is 9-5 against the spread and 11-3 overall when it gives up fewer than 115.0 points.
- The Nuggets are the NBA’s sixth-ranked scoring team (116.0 PPG), while the Lakers rank 25th in points per game allowed (116.6) in the league.
- The 10th-ranked scoring NBA team (115.0 PPG) is Los Angeles, while the Denver squad ranks 18th in the league defensively (114.3 PPG).
- The Nuggets have totaled 44 more points than their opponents this season (1.7 per game on average), while the Lakers have been out-scored by 43 total points (1.6 per game average differential).