Los Angeles at Denver

Facing elimination on the road, the Denver Nuggets came up with a big effort in Game 4 in LA to move the series back to Denver for Game 6. The Nuggets have to be a confident team at home, where they hold a net point advantage over the Lakers in this series, but also in the regular season. The Lakers struggled on the road this season finishing the regular season at just 15-18. The difference in this team over the last three games has been coming out with fire on the defensive end. The Nuggets allowed the Lakers 105 first half points in the first two games in this series or 52.5 points per game in the first half. The last three games have been noticeably different with Denver allowing 42.3 ppg to the Lakers in the first half. I look for more of the same from the Nuggets facing elimination. The first half has fallen below this total in four of the first five. The Nuggets are now 41-19-1 ATS facing a team that allowed 100+ in their last game. Play this one on Denver, and the first half UNDER.