Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers: NBA preview and betting tips

On Tuesday, April 30, the NBA has three more series of the opening round of the playoffs. One of them will be a matchup between the defending champion and a last-minute playoff team, namely the Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers.

Where to watch the Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers game?

Will Denver clinch the promotion?

Defending champion Denver is clearly going for advancement. They have been very successful against the Lakers in the long run. They fell in their last game after an 11-game winning streak, but they haven’t lost to the Los Angeles team on their home floor in over two years and are clearly 3-1 up in the series. The team is traditionally led by the team’s mainstay Nikola Jokic, who has recorded two triple-doubles in this series and together with Jamal Murray is leading the team to the promotion.

Will the Lakers recover?

The Los Angeles Lakers survived a clinical death in the last game as they staved off the end of their season and managed to beat Denver after more than 500 days. Yet the Lakers’ unit is not playing that badly. It has built up double-digit leads in every game, but always squandered them in the second half. Especially painful was the defeat in the second game, when the victory slipped through their fingers a few seconds before the final buzzer.

The Lakers are especially driven by Anthony Davis, who is their top scorer and has broken the 30-point mark three times. Along with him, Lebron James is also thriving, only recording an average of 25 points per game. However, Denver has always been more successful on the back end.

Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers odds

Betting tip – Anthony Davis over 25.5 points

Anthony Davis has been one of the Lakers’ top scorers in every game. He has broken the 30 point mark in three games and even broke the 20 rebound mark in the last game. A very offensive spectacle can be expected as the Lakers are playing to stay in the playoffs. Bookmakers have written odds of 1.82 for Anthony Davis to be one of the best scorers of the game again and to score at least 26 points in Denver.