Lakers News: Early Betting Odds Revealed For LA's Season Opener Against Denver

This will be a chance to see what the Lakers are made of.

With the NBA season starting up very soon, it means that Lakers basketball is almost back! It’s time to get excited Lakers Nation, because the squad this year has a great chance to win it all.

After reaching the Western Conference Finals a year ago, the Lakers enter the year with some unfinished business to attend to. They want to prove that they belong with the other elite teams, and this time get the job done.

To open the season, LA will be heading out on the road to take on the defending champion Denver Nuggets, who knocked them out of the playoffs a year ago. It will be ring night for Denver, and the Lakers would love nothing more than to break the spirits of the Nuggets and all of their fans.

According to BetOnline, the Nuggets are favored in the season opener, with the line at -5.5. This is a decent line for the Lakers, so it looks like the oddsmakers believe that they have a chance to steal this matchup.

The schedule makers knew exactly what they were doing when they put Los Angeles and Denver on the board to open the season, and it should do very well ratings-wise. Since the Nuggets beat the Lakers, there has been a lot of smack talk coming between the teams, so it is well-documented that they aren’t the biggest fans of each other.

These two teams should once again be some of the top contenders in the Western Conference, and they will be battling it out all year long. This game represents bragging rights and is a chance for the Lakers to make a statement to open the new year.

It should be a fun matchup and one where LA can get a good start to their season. 

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