Sports betting odds makers never would have guessed at the beginning of the NBA season that the LA Lakers and the Denver Nuggets would pair up. It’s the first round match up in the NBA playoffs sportsbetting, at least not as the number one and number eight seed with the teams recently procured in an up and down NBA sportsbetting odds season.
No one expected the Lakers to take the top seed and not many sports betting odds experts expected the Nuggets to drop to the eighth spot, but it happened and now the sportsbetting odds community prepares for this first round NBA playoffs showdown.
Sportsbetting odds makers did not expect a lot of good things for the LA Lakers at the beginning of the season considering all the turmoil the franchise went through in the off season. Followers of sportsbetting odds will recall that Kobe Bryant, the team’s superstar, not only demanded a trade but also disparaged several teammates and management, seemingly severing all hopes for this team in the sportsbetting. But seven months later the Lakers have captured the top sports betting odds in the West -no small feat in highly competitive division- and look to go deep into the playoffs sportsbetting.
On the other hand the Denver Nuggets looked ready to make a serious run at the Finals sports betting odds. With two of the game’s best in Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony this team looked set to dazzle the sportsbetting odds makers. But the team’s defense has been rotten and injuries and bad luck have prevented this squad from reaching its sportsbetting potential.
Heading into the first round show down sportsbetting odds makers have made the Lakers the huge favorites and with good reason. The Lakers are one of the hottest teams in sportsbetting right now with the recent acquisition of Pao Gasol and one of the favorites in the sports betting odds to make it to the NBA Finals. The Lakers should score at will on a weak Nugget’s defense and the team is athletic enough to run with the Nuggets high flying offense, according to most sports betting odds experts. Expect the Lakers to destroy the Nuggets in this sports betting odds math up.