![]() PICK: Nuggets to win series in seven games ( +300 Bet Boost at FOX Bet at time of pick, bet $10 to win $40 total ) Ultimately, I have the Nuggets winning this one in what should be an epic series.įor player props, I’ll be looking to back Porter Jr. Part of the beauty of their team is that all they need is one of those guys to go off to supplement LeBron and AD. At times this postseason, it has been Rui Hachimura, Schröder, Austin Reaves or even D’Angelo Russell. The role-player question is going to be huge for the Lakers. The Lakers won both meetings in Los Angeles this season, but neither came in this calendar year. If you think Denver jumps to a 2-0 lead, wait to take the Lakers. If you think the Lakers will steal one in Denver, you want to bet their series price (+130) right now. This is a tough, physical Denver team mixing youth - rookie Christian Braun, 26-year-olds Jamal Murray and Bruce Brown - and former LeBron teammates - Thomas Bryant, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jeff Green. Many are going to pick the Lakers because they haven’t seen Nikola Jokić get to the NBA Finals. I largely picked the Warriors because I’d never seen them lose to anyone in the West in the Steve Kerr era. On the flip side, the Lakers are 7-0 in the postseason at home if you include the play-in victory. Denver is 6-0 at home, winning by an average margin of 14.1 points. Two things working against the Lakers in this series: The schedule, where there is no extra day off, and the altitude, where the Nuggets had the second-best record in the NBA. Expect Aaron Gordon to match up against LeBron, and when the King goes hunting, it’ll probably be for Michael Porter Jr., who won’t be able to handle LeBron on the block. ![]() He’s going to pull AD away from the hoop, and they’ll hope to run a layup line as the Warriors did at times.įrom a matchup perspective, do the Lakers put Jarred Vanderbilt on Jamal Murray? Vanderbilt was good against Stephen Curry early, but after adjustments were made, he barely played and his minutes went to Dennis Schröder. Jokić is averaging 30.7 PPG, 12.8 RPG and 9.7 APG while shooting 54 from the field and 47 percent on 3-pointers. The Jokić/ Anthony Davis matchup is fascinating, and it’ll be the first time in these playoffs AD will be going against a true center. They’ll have advantages all over the court, just as they did against Phoenix. Pick via FOX Sports Betting Analyst Jason McIntyre :Īs noted in this space earlier in the playoffs, this is a complete Nuggets team with no discernible weakness.
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