The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder meet Saturday in NBA action at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Denver Nuggets look for twin after splitting their last 10 games. The Denver Nuggets are averaging 115.4 points on 48.2 percent shooting and allowing 111.6 points on 47.3 percent shooting. Nikola Jokic is averaging 27 points and 10.9 rebounds while Jamal Murray is averaging 21 points and 4.6 assists. Michel Porter Jr. is the third double-digit scorer and Monte Morris is grabbing 2.3 rebounds. The Denver Nuggets are shooting 38.4 percent from beyond the arc and 78.2 percent from the free throw line. The Denver Nuggets are allowing 36.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 43.4 rebounds per game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Oklahoma City Thunder are averaging 106.7 points on 44.8 percent shooting and allowing 112.1 points on 46.1 percent shooting. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 23.5 points and 5.3 rebounds while Al Horford is averaging 14.6 points and 6.9 rebounds. Hamidou Diallo is the third double-digit scorer and George Hill is grabbing 2.1 rebounds. The Oklahoma City Thunder are shooting 34.8 percent from beyond the arc and 73.7 percent from the free throw line. The Oklahoma City Thunder are allowing 35.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 44.7 rebounds per game.
The Nuggets are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The Thunder are 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 Saturday games and 4-9-1 ATS in their last 14 home games. The over is 24-11 in Nuggets last 35 overall. The under is 4-0 in Thunder last 4 overall. The Nuggets are 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Oklahoma City and 12-2 ATS in the last 14 meetings.
The Denver Nuggets have the rest advantage and are clearly the better team here, but they have not had success against the spread this season and they only win on the road by an average of 2.3 points. The Oklahoma City Thunder got a feel good victory last night over the Hawks, and they took the Nuggets down to the wire when these clubs played earlier this month. The Nuggets should win, but I’m leaning toward OKC and the points.