The Los Angeles Lakers (33-28) and the Denver Nuggets (41-19) play in a Western Conference battle on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET. LeBron James is just nine point shy of reaching 40,000 for his career. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists this game as a pick'em, while the over/under is 228 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model knows Denver center Nikola Jokic is an elite playmaker. Jokic scores at will from all three levels while being a top-notch facilitator. The six-time All-Star is third in the league in rebounds (12.3), fourth in assists (9.3) and 13th in scoring (25.8). On Feb. 25 versus the Warriors, Jokic had 32 points, 16 boards and 16 assists.

James continues to be unstoppable at times. James can be a barreling force attacking the lane but can catch fire from downtown. The 20-time All-Star averages 25.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game. In his last game, James had 31 points and nine assists.

The model has simulated Nuggets vs. Lakers 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time!

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