The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers meet in Game 4 of a best-of-7 Western Conference 1st-round series on Saturday. Tip-off at Crypto.com Arena is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Nuggets vs. Lakers odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.
Season series: Nuggets lead 3-0
The Nuggets picked up a 112-105 win in Game 3 as 1.5-point underdogs, pushing the Lakers to the brink of elimination. Denver is threatening to sweep Los Angeles out of the postseason for the 2nd consecutive year, too. The defending champs bounced the Lakers in 4 games in last season’s Western Conference Finals.
The Lakers have had difficulty generating offense, going for just 102.3 points per game (PPG), while covering only once in 3 tries. The Under has connected in each of the games in this series.