The'Los Angeles Lakers'and'Denver Nuggets'meet in Game 1 of a best-of-7 Western Conference 1st-round series Saturday. Tip-off from Ball Arena is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC).'Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s'lines around the Lakers vs. Nuggets odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.
Regular-season series: Nuggets won 3-0
The Lakers enter this rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals on a 3-game winning streak, including back-to-back victories over the New Orleans Pelicans to clinch the 7 seed.
The Nuggets, who are the 2 seed and defending NBA champs, closed out their regular season on a 4-1 straight-up (SU) and against-the-spread (ATS) run.