WUNDERDOG SPORTS DAILY COMPS
NBA PLAYOFFS
Game: Denver at Los Angeles Lakers (3:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: Game Total UNDER 224 -110
Hard to believe the oddsmakers have vaulted this total in the range of a regular season game, but there is no doubt it has been done so with the knowledge that the general public will be pounding the over here. What most don't realize is that Denver has been in the playoffs three straight years and is 14-1 to the UNDER in their 15 playoff games, having reached the 100 points mark just once and that came in an OT game! Last year, the Lakers entered game 1 against Phoenix having averaged 107.4 points per game over their last 17 regular season games, and game 1 produced 182 points. Two years ago they entered scoring 107 ppg in their last nine and failed to score 100 points in five of seven games against Phoenix, with the first four games going UNDER. Over the last two years, in head-to-head regular season action, these two teams have not topped 227 points and the playoffs become a completely different game. There is no adjustment made here, so we expect this one to stay below the posted total.
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