Denver Nuggets (+9.5) over BOSTON CELTICS

One of the bigger betting delights this season has been the Nuggets led by Chauncey Billups and a seemingly smarter Carmelo Anthony. The Nuggets have gone 6-2 ATS this season, dropping a game to the Cavs and barely losing to the spread in the process on Thursday night. Against Boston, however, they won’t have to worry about LeBron James exploding for a triple-double. Yes, Paul Pierce is amongst the characters that can go on a scoring binge, but the Celtics have only had a point differential of 6.0 and the Nuggets are averaging 100.0 points per game thus far. Expect Billups to plow through Raging Rondo all night and give the young kid some fits as Denver covers for sports betting purposes.