Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers odds, tips and betting trends
The Denver Nuggets (33-16) will host the Portland Trail Blazers (15-33) after victories in five straight home games. It begins at 9:00 PM ET on Friday, February 2, 2024.
The Nuggets take the court as double-digit favorites against the Trail Blazers. The Nuggets are favored by 11.5 points. The game’s point total is set at 223.
Nuggets vs. Trail Blazers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Denver -11.5
- Total: 223
- Moneyline: Denver -759, Portland +513
- Pick ATS: Nuggets (- 11.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (223)
- Prediction:
Nuggets 120 – Trail Blazers 105
- Denver has come away with 31 wins in the 43 contests it has been listed as the favorite this season.
- Denver has yet to lose in three games when named as at least a -759 moneyline favorite.
- Denver has an implied victory probability of 88.4% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- Portland has put together a 14-30 record in games it was listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 31.8% of those games).
- Portland has not yet won a game when they entered play as a moneyline underdog with odds of +513 or longer in nine chances.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, Portland has an implied win probability of 16.3%.
- The Nuggets average 114.7 points per game, only two fewer points than the 116.7 the Trail Blazers allow.
- When Denver totals more than 116.7 points, it is 14-8-1 against the spread and 18-5 overall.
- Portland is 14-6 against the spread and 10-10 overall when it scores more than 110.8 points.
- Denver’s record is 13-10 against the spread and 20-3 overall when it allows fewer than 108.5 points.
- The Nuggets are at the 17th spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (114.7 PPG), while the Trail Blazers allow the 18th-fewest points per game (116.7) in the league.
- The 29th-ranked scoring NBA team (108.5 PPG) is Portland, while the Denver squad ranks fourth in the league defensively (110.8 PPG).
- The Nuggets have out-scored their opponents by a total of 193 points this season (3.9 points per game on average), and opponents of the Trail Blazers have out-scored them by 392 more points on the year (8.2 per game).
- The average implied total for Denver this season is 117.3 points, 0.3 more points than its implied total of 117 points in Friday’s game.
- So far this season, Denver has put up more than 117 points in a game 23 times.
- Portland’s average implied point total on the season (118 points) is 12 points higher than its implied total in this matchup (106 points).
- Game Day: Friday, February 2, 2024
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ALT, ROOT Sports NW, and ROOT Sports NW+
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Arena: Ball Arena
- TV Channel: Altitude Sports
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