The Denver Nuggets (2-0) are traveling to face the Oklahoma City Thunder (2-0) for a matchup of Northwest Division rivals at Paycom Center, starting at 3:30 PM ET on Sunday, October 29, 2023. It’s the first matchup between the teams this year.
The Nuggets face off against the Thunder. The Nuggets are favored by 2.5 points against the Thunder. The over/under for the game is set at 229.5.
Nuggets vs. Thunder Betting Odds
NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 7:40 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Spread: Denver -2.5
- Total: 229.5
- Moneyline: Denver -127, Oklahoma City +108
Nuggets at Thunder odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Nuggets (- 2.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (229.5)
- Prediction:
Nuggets 139 – Thunder 80
- Denver won 71% of the games last season in which it was the moneyline favorite (44-18).
- Denver had a record of 41-16 in games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -127 or shorter last year (71.9%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Denver’s implied win probability is 55.9%.
- Last season, Oklahoma City won 22 out of the 53 games, or 41.5%, in which it was the underdog.
- Last season, Oklahoma City won 21 of its 47 games, or 44.7%, when it was the underdog by at least +108 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by Oklahoma City, based on the moneyline, is 48.1%.
- Last year, the Nuggets scored only 0.6 fewer points per game (115.8) than the Thunder gave up (116.4).
- Denver went 29-11-1 against the spread and 37-4 overall last season when scoring more than 116.4 points.
- Oklahoma City went 34-18-1 against the spread and 31-22 overall when it scored more than 112.5 points last season.
- Denver went 37-18-1 against the spread and 44-12 overall last season when it gave up fewer than 117.5 points.
- Last season, the Nuggets were the league’s 12th-ranked scoring team (115.8 PPG), while the Thunder were the 19th-ranked defense in terms of points per game (116.4) in NBA play.
- The fifth-ranked scoring NBA team was Oklahoma City a season ago (117.5 PPG), while the Denver squad was the eighth-ranked defense (112.5 PPG) in the league.
- The Nuggets put up a total of 273 more points than their opponents last year (an average of 3.3 per game), and the Thunder out-scored opponents by 89 points on the season (1.1 more per game).
Over/Under
- Denver had an average implied point total of 118.2 last season, which is 2.2 points higher than its implied total in Sunday’s game (116).
- Last year, Denver scored more than 116 points in 42 games.
- The 118.1-point average implied total last season for Oklahoma City is 4.1 more points than the team’s 114-point implied total in this matchup.
How to watch Nuggets vs. Thunder
- Game Day: Sunday, October 29, 2023
- Game Time: 3:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: BSOK and ALT
- Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Arena: Paycom Center
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
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