Six games in the NBA are going to happen on Monday night. Second to last game will happen in Denver between the Nuggets and the Lakers. The Nuggets are the best team in the Western Conference with 26 wins and 13 losses while the Lakers have 19 wins, 21 losses and the 11th place in the standings. In this game, I'm predicting that the Nuggets will win.

Denver is rolling lately. They have won 12 out of the last 15 games and all those losses were on the road! On the home ground, the team has won 10 games in a row and this is the best result among all teams. Overall, Denver has 16 wins and only 3 losses in front of their fans and that is tied for the best result in the league. Advanced stats approve that the Nuggets are great at home - they have the 2nd-best offense (120.1), the 7th-best defense (109.5) and the 2nd-best net rating (10.6).

We can't say that the Lakers are playing badly either. They have won the last 5 games and are very close to the play-in zone. The team has won 4 out of the last 5 road games but overall, they have won just 9 road games out of 22. Per advanced stats, the Lakers have the 12th-best offense on the road (112.1), the 23rd-best defense (116.4) and just the 21st-best net rating (-4.3). Interesting that the Lakers have covered the spread 9 times on the road as it could be only in the games they are winning.

This will be the 4th and last meeting this season for both teams. The Lakers have a 2-1 lead but both victories were in Los Angeles while the Nuggets won in Denver. LeBron James has been phenomenal as the averaged 35 points per game last week and was nominated as the player of the week. But there's a but regarding this game. LeBron won't be playing! This is a huge loss for the Lakers and it's going to be a tough night for the team as Denver is only missing Jeff Green.

The Lakers had one less day to rest. It will be their 8th this kind of situation this season and they have been able to cover the handicap just twice. The team is also poor at covering the spread against Western Conference teams as they have done it in just 38% of the games. Denver had 2 days off and they have covered the spread 5 times out of 6 while the Lakers have covered the spread just in 43% of the games when they have 1 day to rest.

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周一晚上将有六场NBA比赛。倒数第二场比赛将在丹佛进行，双方是掘金和湖人。掘金26胜13负，是西部最好的球队，而湖人19胜21负，排在西部第11位。在这场比赛中，我预测掘金会赢。

丹佛最近很热闹。他们在过去的15场比赛中赢了12场，而且都是在客场输球!在主场，球队已经取得了10连胜，这是所有球队中最好的成绩。总的来说，掘金在球迷面前取得了16胜3负的战绩，并列联盟最佳战绩。高级数据表明掘金在主场表现出色——他们拥有第二好的进攻(120.1)，第七好的防守(109.5)和第二好的净效率(10.6)。

我们也不能说湖人打得不好。他们已经赢了最近的5场比赛，并且非常接近比赛区。球队在过去的5场客场比赛中赢了4场，但总的来说，他们在22场客场比赛中只赢了9场。根据高级数据，湖人在客场拥有第12好的进攻(112.1)，第23好的防守(116.4)和第21好的净效率(-4.3)。有趣的是，湖人已经在客场9次覆盖了差距，而这只有在他们赢球的比赛中才可能发生。

这将是两队本赛季第四次也是最后一次交锋。湖人2-1领先，但两场胜利都是在洛杉矶，而掘金在丹佛获胜。勒布朗·詹姆斯在上周的比赛中场均得到35分，并被提名为本周最佳球员。但是这个游戏有个但是。勒布朗不会上场了!这对湖人来说是一个巨大的损失，这对球队来说将是一个艰难的夜晚，因为掘金只少了杰夫·格林。

湖人队少了一天休息时间。这将是他们本赛季第8次出现这种情况，他们只有两次能够覆盖障碍。在与西部球队的比赛中，这支球队的防守能力也很差，只有38%的比赛做到了这一点。掘金有2天的休息时间，他们6场比赛中有5场有防守，而湖人在他们休息1天的比赛中只有43%的比赛有防守。