{"id":329935,"date":"2025-02-22T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=329935"},"modified":"2025-02-22T13:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T18:57:02","slug":"lakers-vs-nuggets-prop-picks-february-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/lakers-vs-nuggets-prop-picks-february-22-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs. Nuggets prop picks Feb. 22: Back Jokic, Hachimura in marquee matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers visit the Denver Nuggets in a compelling Saturday night showdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Nuggets are red hot, going 9-1 over their last 10 games. I expect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/nikola_jokic\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> to fill the stat sheet in his typical fashion against the Lakers, and I&#8217;ll take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/rui_hachimura\">Rui Hachimura<\/a> to clear a modest point total for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Lakers vs. Nuggets prop picks for Feb. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakers vs. Nuggets prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Jokic over 40.5 points\/rebounds (-108)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110018\">Embed: #110018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Denver&#8217;s ascension up the Western Conference standings, the three-time MVP has been making the case for a fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jokic has cleared this line in 6\/8 games in February.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He&#8217;s averaging 42.2 points\/rebounds over that time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a glaring weakness in the Lakers&#8217; starting five, and it&#8217;s the centre position. Jaxon Hayes has filled in as the starter since the departure of Anthony Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hayes is serviceable, he averages 18.0 minutes per night and is no match for Jokic down low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I&#8217;m coach Mike Malone, I&#8217;m running everything through Jokic on Saturday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his one game against L.A. this season, Jokic had 34 points and 13 rebounds \u2014 and that was with AD on the roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Jokic has cleared this line in three of the past four regular season meetings with the Lakers, averaging 42.8 PR in those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hachimura over 14.5 points (-106):<\/strong> On the Los Angeles side, I&#8217;ll ride with Hachimura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forward had only six points against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday but surpassed this total in seven of eight games before that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In those eight games, he averaged 19.4 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He shot 56.2% from the field and 45.7% from 3 during that run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With how he&#8217;s been shooting the lights out while Luka Doncic works his way back into form, Hachimura should once again see enough volume to score 15-plus points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 1:19 p.m. ET 02\/22\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers visit the Denver Nuggets in a compelling Saturday night showdown. The pregame narrative: The Nuggets are red hot, going 9-1 over their last 10 games. I expect Nikola Jokic to fill the stat sheet in his typical fashion against the Lakers, and I&#8217;ll take Rui Hachimura to clear a modest point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":329952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-329935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lakers vs. Nuggets prop picks: Feb. 22| NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Lakers vs. Nuggets prop picks for Feb. 22. 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