5*
(NBA) LA Lakers vs. Denver,
Point Spread: -5.00 | -110.00 Denver (Home)
Result: Push
Michael Porter Jr. needs to keep dropping shots for Denver to be serious here, he can do it on both ends with good offense and defense. The Nuggets will need to find ways to keep him involved, as always, his 3p shooting will be needed, they need him to be his 41% assassin deep ball shooting form. Denver needs to play with motivation from the start, and play inspired ball. The Nuggs will continue to pour on the scoring and keep the upper hand and stay in control. The chances of LA allowing Nikola Jokic to get another triple double is far greater than them slowing him down. He has been logging 31/13/10 per game in the playoffs so far, I don't trust the Lakers to stop that from happening. I don't see AD scoring 40 again and Denver knows they need to win their home games. Jokic has shown to be able to succeed vs whatever teams throw at him. Denver shoots well at home and I expect them to get the lead and not look back. Denver wins by 10 or more!