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2022 NBA Handicapping
(44-31) Denver Nuggets vs. Charlotte Hornets (39-36)
Date: Monday, March 28th
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Venue: Spectrum Center
NBA Moneyline Odds: Nuggets -159 | Hornets +150 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Nuggets -3.5
NBA Betting Total: 231.5
Monday, March 28th the Denver Nuggets play the Charlotte Hornets for the third and final time this season. The Hornets won the initial meeting 115-107 on December 23rd.
The Nuggets last played Saturday defeating the Thunder 113-107 while the Hornets remain one of the hottest teams in the stretch run having won seven of eight including a pivotal match on Sunday versus the Nets (119-110).
Last season, the squads played twice with Denver sweeping the regular-season series. The Nuggets hold the all-time record having bested the Hornets in 33 of their 63 matches.
Denver Nuggets
After a hot stretch where the Nuggets won 14 of 18 matches, they’ve dipped recently losing three of their last five contests.
Their last five losses were all against the higher-seeded teams including the Warriors, Raptors, Cavaliers, Celtics, and Suns while the two wins were versus the Clippers and Thunder.
This could be a factor of fatigue as Nikola Jokic has had to carry so much of the load for Denver and while there was optimism Jamal Murray and/or Michael Porter Jr. could return this season with only seven games remaining that prospect is looker bleak.
A week ago (March 20th) head coach Michael Malone stated Murray “isn’t close” to returning which means the Nuggets will need to ride with the players they have and rely on Jokic to keep carrying the load.
JaMychal Green (wrist) and Facundo Campazzo (illness) are questionable while Zeke Nnaji (hamstring) was downgraded to out for Monday. Vlatko Cancar (fractured foot), Jamal Murry (ACL), and Michael Porter Jr. (back surgery) are out indefinitely.
Charlotte Hornets
The upstart Hornets aren’t about to succumb to any opponent and are proving to be resilient with gritty wins down the stretch. Granted the Nets were playing back-to-back but took care of Miami early on Saturday so the loss to the Hornets was a bit of a surprise.
As a result, Charlotte climbed ahead of Brooklyn in the standings pushing the Nets into the ninth seed — a position that if they remain would mean they would be playing in a single-elimination play-in game versus the Hawks with the loser going fishing!
More impressively, the Hornets spoiled Kyrie Irving’s debut at Barclays with LaMelo Ball besting the veteran point guard with a near triple-double of 33 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds.
PJ Washington offered a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds. Miles Bridges produced 24 points and eight rebounds while Terry Rozier chipped in 14 points as the other double-figure scorer.
Gordon Hayward (ankle) is out indefinitely.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Denver is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
- Charlotte is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver’s last 6 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 6 games.
- The Nuggets are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- The Hornets are 2-7-2 ATS in their last 11 games as an underdog.
Free Denver Nuggets vs. Charlotte Hornets NBA Prediction:
Although the Hornets have been red hot they are 1-12 in the second games of back-to-back sets including four overtime losses. The Nuggets will undoubtedly jump on them early looking to gain an early edge.
Although no team wants to get into a track meet with Charlotte look for Denver to push the pace to tire out the Hornets.
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