Nuggets vs Lakers Picks and Prediction – 4/28/2024

The Denver Nuggets visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday for Game 3 over their NBA Western Conference quarterfinals best of seven series, at the Crypto.com Arena at 8:30 p.m. EST, televised on abc. Denver leads the series 3-0 and can sweep Los Angeles with a victory on Saturday. The Nuggets defeated the Lakers 112-105 in Game 3 on Thursday, with Aaron Gordon scoring a team-high 29 points for Denver. Make sure you stay up to date with all the NBA action with our NBA picks.

Through the first two games of the playoffs, Denver is scoring an average of 109.0 points per game while shooting 46.4% overall at 26.9% from three point territory. Nikola Jokic is scoring an average of 27.7 points per game to lead Denver and is also the team leader in rebounding with an average of 15.7 points per game and in assists with an average of 8.7 per game. Denver has three other players that are averaging double figures in scoring.

The Los Angeles Lakers are plain and simple, on the brink of elimination, trailing 3-0 in the series and must win each of the final four games of the series or be eliminated. Anthony Davis scored 33 points on Thursday to lead Los Angeles but the Lakers shot a dismal 18.5% from three-point territory and were out rebounded by the Nuggets 51-38.

After three games of the postseason, Los Angeles is scoring an average of 102.3 points per game while shooting 49.0% overall and 30.2% from three-point territory. Anthony Davis is the leading scorer and leading rebounder for Los Angeles with averages of 32.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game. LeBron James is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 26.3 points and 9.7 assists per game.