Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, Tips and Odds – Dec. 24, 2022 03:00 CET
In Colorado, the best team in the West, the home Denver Nuggets welcome the Portland Trail Blazers, who have slowed down a lot lately, and have problems with injuries. Will he be able to match Jokic and company?
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Denver Nuggets Team News
The Denver team has caught the rhythm and has been playing great lately. The Nuggets have a score of 19:11 and are tied for first place with the Memphis Grizzlies, who won the last match.
The Nuggets play offensive basketball and are powered by the league’s back-2-back MVP, who has begun to elevate his game to an even higher level. After three consecutive victories, a defeat against the Lakers followed a few days ago. Then, with wins against the Hornets and Grizzlies, they got back on the winning track and took first place in the West. Jokic plays unreal. Against the Hornets, he had a brutal triple-double with 47 points and 27 rebounds, while for the Grizzlies, he filled all the three most important columns with number 13. He had 13 points, rebounds, and assists.
Jokic gets a lot of help in the form of Gordon and Hyland, while the real effect of Jamal Murray is still being sought and expected, who is still being sought after the injury and has not found the right rhythm. The Nuggets are one of the most serious teams in the West this season, and perhaps the biggest favorites to leave the West. This season, they played two games against the Trail Blazers, and the score is 1-1, and the second match is especially impressive when the Nuggets survived Dame Time, and Murray’s clutch shot beat the Trail Blazers.
Portland Trail Blazers Team News
At the beginning of the season, the Trail Blazers were one of the biggest surprises of the entire league. They held first place in the West for a couple of weeks, but as time goes on their form slowly declines. They are currently in eighth place with almost 17-15, but with a couple of wins they would again be at the top of the West, while defeating them would take them out of the play-in, that’s how even the situation in the West is.
They are plagued by injuries, primarily Nurkic and Lillard. In the last match, Lillard became the best scorer in the history of the franchise, overtaking the famous Clyde Drexler. This season, Lillard scores 27.7 points, while he has the biggest support in Simons and Grant, who average 22 points.
In the last two matches, they lost to Oklahoma in uncertain endings, and both times the match was decided by SGA, which crushed the Trail Blazers with clutch shots. A couple of important players from the rotation enter this match weakened by not playing.
H2H
09.12.22 – Portland Trail Blazers : Denver Nuggets – 120:121
25.10.22 – Portland Trail Blazers : Denver Nuggets – 135:110
28.02.22 – Portland Trail Blazers : Denver Nuggets – 92:124
14.01.22 – Denver Nuggets : Portland Trail Blazers – 140:108
Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers Prediction
The Nuggets enter this match with the strongest lineup, only Michael Porter Jr and Jeff Green are questionable, while the Trail Blazers have major problems with injuries, Lillard is injured, while Payton, Litlle are definitely out for this match, while Nurkic, Winslow and Hart questionable.
The Nuggets and Jokic are playing in excellent form and we think that in this match they will take advantage, above all, of the aggressiveness of the Portland players and win this match by four or more points.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 24.12.2022, 03:00
Prediction: Nuggets -3.5
Odds: 1,725
Sportsbook: 22bet
