I'm going over 223 in this game of Denver vs Lakers for these reasons:

- Lakers lost the last game because they shot 28% from long range. They know they need to convert better if they want to avoid going down 2-0.

- The Lakers also shot 29 threes in game 1. I see that trend continuing, especially on the road where the Denver Nuggets are controlling the level of play and keeping the lakers in a 'chase points' scenario.

- Denver shot 42 threes........ they only made 15 of them and that just shows that these teams are intensively going to attack each other from long range. The total was barely missed in Game one as this same number of 223 & it's going to actually hit tonight.

Official Play: Over 223

Side Bet: D'Angelo Russell over 15.5 points

Hail Mary: Lakers +8