{"id":334785,"date":"2025-03-19T12:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=334785"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:28:42","slug":"nuggets-vs-lakers-prop-picks-march-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nuggets-vs-lakers-prop-picks-march-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets vs. Lakers prop picks March 19: Tail Reaves and Braun in Western Conference showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers meet for the second time in less than a week, and I&#8217;ve got two prop picks for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/austin_reaves\">Austin Reaves<\/a> is shaping into an elite scorer and I expect another big performance in the absence of LeBron James. My other pick is on Denver&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/christian_braun\">Christian Braun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Nuggets vs. Lakers prop picks for March 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuggets vs. Lakers prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><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: Reaves over 25.5 points (-115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:111415\">Embed: #111415<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James is ruled out for the Lakers and that means Reaves will have the green light on offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In eight games without LeBron this season, take a look at what Reaves has done:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>28.6 points per game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49.0 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>43.9 3PT% <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6-2 against this line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 14, he had 37 points against the Nuggets in Denver on a 13-of-26 shooting performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lakers have had their most success when rotating Luka Doncic and James, but when the King is out it&#8217;s Reaves who steps into the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the same should be expected on Wednesday. The Nuggets have the 12th-worst defensive rating in the NBA (116.5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is reflected in the high game total currently set at 233.5. That&#8217;s a lot of points, and if it gets near this number, Reaves should be heavily involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that point, it becomes about efficiency. Luckily, the 26-year-old guard has proven to score at a high level while maintaining elite shooting splits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: LeBron has missed the last five games, and Reaves scored 26 or more in four of those contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Braun over 13.5 points (-121):<\/strong> The Nuggets may not have the best defence but their offence more than makes up for it. The team ranks tied for second in offensive rating (120.9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Feb. 1, Denver is 15-6 and Braun has stepped up his production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over that time, Braun has averaged 17.3 points per game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He&#8217;s been hyper-efficient, knocking down 56.7% of his shots and 39.4% of his 3s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He is 14-6 against this line during that span.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 23-year-old missed Denver&#8217;s last game with an injury after being probable on the injury report. If he goes tonight, I expect him to take on a normal workload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he can&#8217;t suit up, no harm done as this prop pick would be voided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nuggets vs. Lakers<\/em> <em>prop picks made at 10:51 a.m. ET 03\/14\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers meet for the second time in less than a week, and I&#8217;ve got two prop picks for the game. The pregame narrative: Austin Reaves is shaping into an elite scorer and I expect another big performance in the absence of LeBron James. 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