The Charlotte Hornets (7-22) will look to break a seven-game losing stretch when visiting the Denver Nuggets (17-11) on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Ball Arena. This contest is at 8:00 PM ET on ALT and BSSE.
The Nuggets enter their game against the Hornets as a 9-point favorite.
Nuggets vs. Hornets Betting Odds
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- Spread: Denver -9
- Moneyline: Denver -390, Charlotte +320
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Hornets at Nuggets odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Nuggets (- 9)
- Prediction:
Nuggets 120 – Hornets 109
- Denver has been victorious in 13, or 61.9%, of the 21 contests it has been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This year, Denver has won five of six games when listed as at least -390 or better on the moneyline.
- Denver has an implied victory probability of 79.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Charlotte has won four of the 21 games it was the underdog on the moneyline this season (19%).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +320 or longer, Charlotte has gone 2-6 (25%).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives Charlotte a 23.8% chance to win.
- The Nuggets score 115.7 points per game, just 1.6 fewer points than the 117.3 the Hornets allow.
- Denver is 9-2 against the spread and 11-0 overall when scoring more than 117.3 points.
- When Charlotte gives up fewer than 115.7 points, it is 7-8 against the spread and 6-9 overall.
- The Hornets score an average of 110.1 points per game, just 4.7 fewer points than the 114.8 the Nuggets give up.
- Charlotte has put together a 7-3 ATS record and a 4-6 overall record in games it scores more than 114.8 points.
- Denver has an ATS record of 8-5 and a 10-3 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 110.1 points.
- The Nuggets are the league’s seventh-ranked scoring team (115.7 PPG), while the Hornets allow the rank 28th in points per game (117.3) in NBA action.
- The 27th-ranked scoring NBA team (110.1 PPG) is Charlotte, while the Denver squad ranks 18th in the league defensively (114.8 PPG).
- The Nuggets have out-scored their opponents by a total of 26 points this season (0.9 points per game on average), and opponents of the Hornets have out-scored them by 209 more points on the year (7.2 per game).