Denver (8-5) at Portland (6-6)
When: Monday, November 13th 2017
Where: Moda Center, Portland, OR
Time: 10:05 ET | TV: Altitude, NBCS Northwest
Opening Odds: Portland -2/210.5
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The sizzling Denver Nuggets look to extend their winning streak when they embark on a one-game road trip to the Northwest Division rival Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. The Nuggets have won three straight and seven of their last nine thanks to an offense that is clicking on all cylinders right now. Denver shot 52.9% from the floor and had all five starters score in double figures as the backcourt combination of Will Barton and Jamal Murray combined for 58 points and center Nikola Jokic just missed out on a triple-double in Saturday’s 125-107 win over the Orlando Magic. The Blazers took the first two of a six-game homestand over the Thunder and Lakers, but dropped the last two, including a 101-97 setback to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. Portland remains 1.5 games behind Northwest-leading Denver and have won six of the last seven meetings with the Nuggets.
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Murray scored a career-high 32 points on 12-of-21 shooting, including 6-of-9 from beyond the arc in Saturday’s route. The former Kentucky Wildcat scored in single digits while combining to go 9-of-25 from the field in the previous four games. Jokic’s near triple-double consisted of 12 points, 17 rebounds, and nine assists, and four steals. His points per game is up from 16.7 a year ago to 17.2 now and his three-point percentage is at 42.6%. Emmanuel Mudiay is logging big-time minutes off the bench as is averaging 12.2 points a game. Denver returns home to face New Orleans on Friday before hitting the road for three-straight.
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Point guard Damian Lillard is averaging a team-high 25.2 points, but has cooled-off a bit lately, failing to reach 20 points in either of the last two games. Lillard is 8-of-36 from 3-point range in five games this month, including 1-of-10 in the last two losses. Shooting guard CJ McCollum has picked up some of the offense by going 18-of-33 from 3-point range in the last four games but had a string of three straight outings scoring at least 20 points come to an end with 17 on Saturday. Portland will be home to Orlando on Wednesday to wrap-up their six-game homestand.
DOLPHINS VS PANTHERS PREDICTION
Portland is a real hit-or-miss team when it comes to scoring as they don’t have much after Lillard and McCollum. However, those two alone can win a bunch of games when they’re on. Denver doesn’t defend the 3-point line very well and I can see Portland making them pay tonight.
Pick: Blazers -1
- Nuggets are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Nuggets are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Monday games.
- Nuggets are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 vs. Western Conference.
- Nuggets are 17-8 ATS in their last 25 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Nuggets are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Nuggets are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games.
- Trail Blazers are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Trail Blazers are 13-6-1 ATS in their last 20 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Trail Blazers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Trail Blazers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Trail Blazers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 vs. Western Conference.
- Trail Blazers are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games.
- Trail Blazers are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS loss.
- Trail Blazers are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
- Trail Blazers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a straight up loss.
- Trail Blazers are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Trail Blazers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Under is 4-0 in Nuggets last 4 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Under is 8-1 in Nuggets last 9 vs. Western Conference.
- Under is 4-1 in Nuggets last 5 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Under is 10-3 in Nuggets last 13 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 6-2 in Nuggets last 8 road games.
- Under is 6-2 in Nuggets last 8 games following a ATS win.
- Under is 6-2 in Nuggets last 8 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 8-3 in Nuggets last 11 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Under is 13-5 in Nuggets last 18 overall.
- Under is 9-4 in Nuggets last 13 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 4-0 in Trail Blazers last 4 vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Under is 5-1 in Trail Blazers last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.
- Under is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 home games.
- Under is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Under is 7-2 in Trail Blazers last 9 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 3-1-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Under is 15-5-1 in Trail Blazers last 21 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 5-2 in Trail Blazers last 7 games following a straight up loss.
- Over is 7-3 in Trail Blazers last 10 Monday games.
- Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
- Over is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Portland.
- Favorite is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
