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2019 NBA Playoffs – Round 2
(1-1) Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1-1)
Game 3
Date: Friday, May 3, 2019
Time: 10:30PM EST
Venue: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
NBA Moneyline Odds: off
NBA Betting Odds: Blazers -4
NBA Betting Total: 215.5
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Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets need to do one thing and one thing only against the Blazers in Game 3.
Hit three-point shots.
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This is the same problem the Oklahoma City Thunder ran into. Portland gave them all the looks they could ever want and they just couldn’t hit.
In Game 2, Portland chose to leave shooters open in an attempt to double-team and (maybe, hopefully, possibly) slow down Nikola Jokic. While it only moderately slowed down Jokic, the Nugs’ perimeter shooters were completely incapable for the most part of knocking down those long-range jumpers.
That has to change. Portland now has a blueprint to finding success against The Joker, and the Blazers aren’t going to change it until they need to.
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That’s where hitting shots becomes crucial. If you make your jumpers, the Blazers are forced to adjust a second time in three games.
Terry Stotts and the Blazers have proved they can adjust once—if the Nuggets can start hitting those shots from behind the arc, the odds of Stotts being able to find another new adjustment is a big question.
Portland Trail Blazers
Damian Lillard needs to play better for the Blazers. There’s no question that Game 2 was a big win beyond just the 1-1 series tie—Portland proved it can win a gritty, ugly game without its best players taking ghe big shots and making the big plays.
But that’s not a recipe for long-term success.
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So far this postseason, the Blazers’ Lillard and the Nuggets’ Jokic have been the top two players leading into this contest. That’s taking the entire league into account.
Portland isn’t going to get the same bench and role player contributions on a regular basis that it got on Tuesday.
Game 3 will be a big bounce-back opportunity for Lillard—it just depends on how the Nuggets react.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Over is 6-2 in DEN last 8 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Under is 23-11 in DEN last 34 overall.
- Over is 16-4-1 in POR last 21 home games
- DEN are 6-2-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
- Over is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Portland.
Free Denver Nuggets Portland Trail Blazers Prediction: Nuggets Get Back To Biz.
The Nuggets played what will likely be their worst game of the series on Tuesday. They couldn’t shoot, and they didn’t know how to handle the double-team on Jokic.
It’s going to get better from there if you’re a Nuggets fan.
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Not only are we picking the Nuggets to beat the spread, we’re giving them the underdog win straight up.
Denver’s shooters will hit at a better clip than they did on Tuesday, and that will be the difference maker, as the Blazers will be forced to adjust once again entering Game 4 knowing that a double-team on Jokic isn’t the end-all, be-all weapon Game 2 made it appear to be.
Give this one to Denver on the road, making this a serious series despite the lack of national media attention.
NBA Free Game 3 Score Prediction: Denver Nuggets 111 – Portland Trail Blazers 105
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