Is the only reason because squares love LAL? I haven't heard one good reason that Denver should cover tonight other than people being scared LAL is a trap because the public is all over them. If Vegas thought -5 was fair for the first game, they probably think it's still fair and they aren't gonna let the results of one game influence them too much. We haven't seen any game 2 line move more than 1 point from the game 1 line and it looks like Denver is about to move to +6 (already did on sportsbook).
"George Carl is a good coach so he's going to have all the necessary adjustments made"
1) LA knows this and will have readjustments ready
2) That still doesn't make up for the sheer mismatches between teams
"Lakers will give a lackluster effort because they won't mind a loss in order to extend the series and get more games out of the way before the next series so Artest can come back faster"
Wouldn't they wait until they have secured the first 2 home games instead of risking blowing the series completely by throwing a game this early? Artest isn't kobe either.
Denver backers...give me your best shot!