Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers (52-45 SU, 50-45-2 ATS) are 7-1 SU and ATS in their last eight games coming off of a loss in their last game. The Lakers will try to bounce back from their loss in Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets (63-32 SU, 51-43-1 ATS) with a win in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Los Angeles is 9-0 SU and 7-2 ATS in its last nine home games including a 6-0 SU and ATS run in its previous six postseason home games. Denver is 4-6 ATS in its last 10 games since going 7-2 ATS in its previous nine games. The UNDER is 4-2 in the last six games between the Lakers and Nuggets.

Latest Betting Notes: Nuggets

The Nuggets trailed by 10 points in the third quarter on Thursday night before going on a 32-10 run to open up a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter. Denver held off a late Lakers run to win the game 108-103. After winning the first two games of this series but failing to cover the spread in both of them, the Nuggets fell to 0-4-1 ATS in their last five games against the Lakers.

Jamal Murray led the way on offense in Game 2 with 37 points while Nikola Jokic recorded yet another triple-double with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists. Jokic has five triple-doubles in Denver's last six games and is averaging 33.5 points, 13.7 rebounds and 13 assists per game over that stretch.

Latest Betting Notes: Lakers

LeBron James and Austin Reaves shared the scoring lead in Game 2 with 22 points each. Reaves went 5-for-9 from three-point range and is now 20-for-35 on three-point attempts over a five-game stretch in which he has averaged 20.8 points per game. The Lakers covered the spread to improve to 7-2 ATS over their last nine games but fell to 3-4 SU in their last seven games with the loss.

Los Angeles is 8-1 SU and 6-3 ATS in its last nine home games against Denver. The Lakers will likely need to win Game 3 and Game 4 to have a realistic shot at winning this series.

Nuggets Player Prop: Nikola Jokic Over 10.5 Assists (-107)

We took this prop in Game 2 and are returning to it in Game 3. Nikola Jokic continues to show no signs of slowing down with four straight triple-doubles. He has recorded 11 or more assists in each of his last six games and 12 or more in each of his last four, finishing with 14 assists in Game 1 and 12 assists in Game 2.

Jokic also had 16 assists in his last regular season game against the Lakers back in January. The Nuggets superstar is seeing the court extremely well right now and seems like a good bet to continue his dominance on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

Lakers Player Prop: Anthony Davis Over 24.5 Points (-112)

One of the strangest trends that have emerged this postseason is Anthony Davis's scoring habits in odd and even games of the Lakers' first three playoff series.

In seven even-numbered games (Game 2, Game 4, and Game 6) this postseason, Davis has averaged 15.7 points per game. In his seven odd-numbered games, Davis has averaged 28.8 points per game including a 40-point effort in Game 1 of this series.

Trends like this should obviously be taken with a grain of salt. But given the pattern and the fact that the Lakers are in a must-win situation at home on Saturday night, there's reason for optimism that Davis will go over his posted total of 24.5 points.