{"id":548286,"date":"2026-01-20T05:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/548286\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:49:15","slug":"lakers-vs-nuggets-predictions-odds-stats-jan-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/548286\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs. Nuggets Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 Jan. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers (25-16) are slightly favored (by 1.5 points) to stop a three-game road losing streak when they visit the Denver Nuggets (29-14) on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 10 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1420&amp;pb=973198&amp;cid=lX6u0qAVMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers vs. Nuggets Predictions for Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this encounter expects a final tally of Nuggets 121, Lakers 115.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Nuggets (+105)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 228.5 (computer predicts 235.9 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Nuggets (+1.5)<br \/>\nRecent Lakers vs. Nuggets Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Lakers 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is 21-20-0 against the spread this season.<br \/>\nThe Lakers have a 13-11 record against the spread when favored by 1.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nThe teams have hit the over in 25 of Los Angeles&#8217; 43 games with a set total.<br \/>\nThis season, the Lakers have won 17 out of the 24 games, or 70.8%, in which they&#8217;ve been favored.<br \/>\nThis season, Los Angeles has won 16 of its 22 games, or 72.7%, when favored by at least -124 on the moneyline.<br \/>\nNuggets 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Denver is 25-18-0 ATS this season.<br \/>\nThe Nuggets have an 8-3 record against the spread when an underdog by 1.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nDenver&#8217;s games have gone over the point total 27 out of 43 times (62.8%).<br \/>\nThe Nuggets have been the moneyline underdog 12 total times this season. They&#8217;ve gone 7-5 in those games.<br \/>\nDenver has a record of 5-3 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +105 or longer (62.5%).<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NBA tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63332?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=3010&amp;pb=973220&amp;cid=lX6u0qAVMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers vs. Nuggets Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lakers<\/p>\n<p>Lakers: <\/p>\n<p>Adou Thiero: Out (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Austin Reaves: Out (Calf)<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets: <\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jokic: Out (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Jamal Murray: Probable (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Tim Hardaway Jr.: Probable (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Aaron Gordon: Probable (Hamstring), <\/p>\n<p>Christian Braun: Day-To-Day (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas: Out (Calf), <\/p>\n<p>Cameron Johnson: Out (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Tamar Bates: Out (Foot)<\/p>\n<p>Lakers vs. Nuggets Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Tuesday, January 20, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 10 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: NBC\/Peacock, ALT, and SportsNet LA<br \/>\nLocation: Denver, Colorado<br \/>\nArena: Ball Arena<br \/>\nLive stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1425&amp;pb=973207&amp;cid=lX6u0qAVMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on Fubo<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63351?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2353&amp;pb=973250&amp;cid=lX6u0qAVMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for NBA League Pass<\/a> to get access to games, live and on-demand, and more for the entire season and offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers (25-16) are slightly favored (by 1.5 points) to stop a three-game road losing streak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,187,55906,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,736,6,11295,2666],"class_list":{"0":"post-548286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-denver-nuggets","10":"tag-ds-sports","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-lakers","13":"tag-lakers","14":"tag-lalakers","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangeleslakers","19":"tag-men","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-prediction","22":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115925861309934437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}