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2021 NBA Handicapping
(8-7) Philadelphia 76ers vs. Denver Nuggets (9-5)
Date: Thursday, November 18th
Time: 9:00 PM ET
Venue: Ball Arena Denver, Colorado
NBA Moneyline Odds: 76ers | Nuggets (Bet Now!) Moneyline is off as of posting
NBA Betting Odds: Nuggets -8
NBA Betting Total: OFF
Thursday, November 18th finds the Philadelphia 76ers tipping off versus the Denver Nuggets in their first meeting of the season. The 76ers last played Tuesday in a loss versus the Jazz while the. Nuggets last played Monday in Dallas in a match they lost.
The 76ers hold the all-time record having bested the Nuggets in 51 of their 92 meetings. Last season the squads played twice with the Nuggets taking both contests.
Philadelphia 76ers
With the 76ers navigating injuries and losing games without their superstar Joel Embiid available due to contracting COVID this week also witnessed a return to the Ben Simmons drama.
The Sixers took a more supportive approach when Simmons stated he was dealing with his emotional health but when he refused to meet with mental health professionals tied to the franchise he was fined.
That led to his agent (Rich Paul) implying the Sixers were playing games and didn’t have his client’s best interest in mind. Yet, as soon as the 76ers withheld money, once again, Simmons took the necessary steps so he could collect his money.
Now the drama has taken another turn with the team requesting Simmons join them on road trips and sit on the bench to support his team. Failure to do so will once again equate to fines (the loss of his paycheck for every game he’s absent).
Will this eventually lead to Simmons being on hand on road trips?
The 76ers haven’t requested he sit on the bench in Philly presumably because they and the guard know what the response would be from the fans in Wells Fargo who are tough at the best of times.
Denver Nuggets
Every team deals with injuries during the season and the hope is the healthy players will adopt the next-man-up mentality and cross fingers those periods will be short-lived and not occur during a particularly touch schedule stretch.
The Nuggets were already dealing with not having their second-best player, Jamal Murray who is rehabbing from a torn ACL when the player deemed the next most important – Michael Porter Jr. was lost due to back issues.
On top of those two, Will Barton missed the last two games with a sore back, Zeke Nnaji out with a sprained ankle, and just as Michael Malone invested in giving rookie Bones Hyland more minutes he injured his ankle versus the Mavericks. Barton and Nnaji are questionable for Thursday.
And now reports are out that Monte Morris has been playing through patellar tendinopathy this entire season with the team trying to deal with it via constant treatment and rest on non-game days.
It truly puts into perspective just how much reigning MVP, Nikola Jokic is doing for the Nuggets. Consider his stats through 13 games: 26.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.9 blocks.
He leads the Nuggets in each of those categories and he’s also shooting 38.6 percent from deep on 4.4 attempts per game.
In the loss to the Mavericks, he scored or assisted on almost 50 percent of the Nuggets 101 points (50) registering a massive double-double of 35 points and 16 rebounds plus six assists, and two blocks but with so many of his core members out injured it wasn’t enough.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The teams are 5-5 in the last 10 head to head
- The 76ers are 6-4 ATS in their last 10 meetings
- Over Under is 3-6-1 in the teams last 10 head to head matchups
Free Philadelphia 76ers vs. Denver Nuggets NBA Prediction
This is a match where one extra player suiting up for either side could be the difference in the victory. Without confirmation ahead of time, I’m leaning toward the high altitude, with the reigning MVP, and the home team. That said, after getting thumped by the Jazz, I think the 76ers keep this closer than the nine-point spread.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: 76ers +9
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