Free NBA Playoffs Picks Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets Game 3: The Lakers Fisher and Sasha not playing well at all in this NBA playoffs, Farmar not playing much period. Lakers need to reshuffle the deck, start Farmar or Brown and play D-Fish off the bench which will give D-Fish some time to study the opposing offense and to give starting players a break. The series is 1-1 heading to Denver. For the Lakers to win Bynum has to stay out of foul trouble in the first half, it will be a big key so he can plug up the paint and help Gasol and Odom inside. The Sports Odds list Los Angeles Lakers +3.5 underdogs to Denver Nuggets heading into this NBA playoffs game 3 matchup
"A bounce of the ball here and we're up 2-0," Kobe Bryant said. "A bounce of the ball here and they win Game 1."
Lakers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||||
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| Lakers | 26 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 103 | ||||
| Nuggets | 28 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 97 | ||||
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Nuggets