Every day the Gazette sports staff will publish its best bets:

1. Lakers (+5.5, -110) at Nuggets: As well as Denver’s playing, Nuggets are 2-3 ATS in their past five.

2. Lakers at Nuggets (over 226.5 points): Make that three straight ‘Overs’ for Los Angeles.

3. Panthers at Hurricanes (over 6 goals, +100): Carolina’s gone over the total in four of last five games.

(Paul Klee’s Best Bets record ATS: 102-84-3)

Nuggets Nikola Jokic shoots past Lakers Rui Hachimura during game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The Nuggets defeated the Lakers 132-126. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)