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2022 NBA Handicapping
(2-1) Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers (3-0)
Date: Monday, October 24
Time: 10:00 PM EST
Venue: Moda Center, Portland, OR
NBA Moneyline Odds: Nuggets -172 | Trail Blazers +139 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: DEN -4
NBA Betting Total: 230
The Nuggets enter this contest after two big wins following their opening-night disappointment to the Utah Jazz. They fell to Utah, 123-102, but have since rallied against Golden State, 129-123, and against OKC, 122-117.
The Blazers, on the other hand, have surprisingly won all three of their games to start out the year. Most recently they took down the struggling Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena, 106-104, and before that it was a 113-111 overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets are 5-1 against the spread in their last six head-to-head meetings with the Trail Blazers. But these are a different group of Blazers than Denver is used to seeing.
That said, these are a different group of Nuggets we’re used to seeing. Back is Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. this season, which automatically bumps an already competitive Denver squad into contention.
On the year—as small a sample size as it is—Porter is posting 18 points per game, the team’s second-highest number so far. He’s also grabbing 6.3 rebounds per game, but where he’s really making his mark is behind the three-point line.
Even early in the year, a 50 percent clip on eight deep attempts per game is notable.
Murray isn’t chipping in as many points per game—12.5 per game to be exact—but he’s the fourth-highest scorer on the roster so far.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Blazers are riding high right now, and quite frankly, Damian Lillard is making a living proving me wrong. I didn’t think he’d break out against the Suns, but he did. And then I figured he’d struggle to lead the Blazers to a win over the Lakers on the road on Sunday. And yet, he proved me wrong again.
It’s time to stop doubting Dame.
Lillard looks primed to take the Blazers into their upcoming rough patch of the schedule with a ton of momentum. And he’s getting clutch help in the for of a game-winner from Simons against Phoenix and a game-winner from Jerami Grant on Sunday against L.A.
It’s not wise to bet on one player in a spread situation, but right now, I’m going with the team Damian Lillard is suiting up for. It helps that his teammates are stepping up when it counts most.
But really—it’s Dame Time until further notice.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Over is 7-2 in Nuggets last 9 overall.
- Over is 4-1 in Nuggets last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Over is 5-1 in Nuggets last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Over is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 Monday games.
- Over is 20-8 in the last 28 meetings.
- Over is 9-4 in the last 13 meetings in Portland.
Free Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers NBA Prediction:
The Nuggets on the road as a four-point favorite feels like a stretch against these Blazers right now. Like I said, it would be on brand for them to prove me wrong again, but this time, I can’t pick against them.
My money is finally on the Blazers against the spread, and I’d take them straight up, with all the momentum on their side, to improve to a nearly unthinkable 4-0 straight up on the year.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Blazers +4
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