Denver Nuggets (2-1) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (2-0)
The Denver Nuggets head to Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, to start a four-game regular-season series against the Portland Trail Blazers, as the NBA betting action goes on Monday night with a highly-anticipated clash between a couple of Northwest Division foes.
Denver aims for its third consecutive victory over Portland. Last season, the Nuggets went 3-1 straight up and ATS against the Trail Blazers, while the over was 3-1 in their series.
After an embarrassing 123-102 defeat at the Utah Jazz in their season opener, the Denver Nuggets (2-1; 1-2 ATS) have won two games in a row, outlasting the Golden State Warriors 128-123 as 5.5-point road dogs and the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-117 as 9-point home favorites in the process.
It was a tough back-to-back set, and the Nuggets leaned on their offense. Denver made 53.5% of its field goals and 44.1% of its 3-pointers (15-for-34) against the Warriors. The Nuggets went 20-for-38 from beyond the 3-point line versus OKC while handing out 33 assists, and Nikola Jokic led the charge with his second triple-double of the season, notching 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 13 assists in 39 minutes on the floor.
KCP with SIX triples
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“I give our team a ton of credit because this game came down to mental toughness,” Denver head coach Michael Malone said after a narrow win over Oklahoma City. “Getting in at 4 in the morning. Three games in four nights. No excuses, no explanations. Do your job.”
Jokic tortured the Warriors for 26 points, 12 boards, and ten assists, while Michael Porter Jr. dropped 17 points on the reigning champions including five triples. Porter has gone 5-for-10 from downtown on both nights of the Nuggets’ back-to-back, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope went 6-for-10 from deep against the Thunder last Saturday.
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