NBA Basketball Picks and Tips: Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Frank Martin
The Portland Trail Blazers will try to continue their dominance at home when they meet the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. The Trail Blazers are 10-1 at the Rose Garden this season and 57-19 all-time at home against Denver, including wins in the last four meetings.
The Nuggets are off to an 8-4 start on the road, but will be playing their third game in three days. The first two came against the Los Angeles teams – a 112-91 victory at the Clippers on Thursday and a 93-89 loss at home to the Lakers on Friday.
Denver center Timofey Mozgov left Friday’s game with an ankle injury and Danilo Gallinari was accidently poked in the eye by Metta World Peace and scored only six points. The Trail Blazers are coming off a 95-92 loss at Sacramento on Thursday. Portland beat visiting Denver 111-102 on Dec. 29 in the first meeting this season.
- Denver Nuggets @ Portland Trail Blazers
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 4, 2012
Where: Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon
TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBA TV, KGW-TV (Portland), Altitude (Denver)
The Trail Blazers have opened as 6-point favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NBA Basketball Odds.
Denver Nuggets (15-8): Denver’s depth continues to be the key to its fast start, but it will be put to the test if Mozgov’s injury proves to be serious. Kosta Koufos, who averages 11 minutes, 3.5 points and 3.7 rebounds, will pick up Mozgov’s minutes. The Nuggets are second in the NBA with an average of 43.4 bench points and lead the league with more than 21 fast-break points per game. Denver went 2-1 in its previous back-to-back-to-back set this season.
Portland Trail Blazers (13-10): LaMarcus Aldridge has scored 20 or more points in 13 of his last 15 games. Gerald Wallace leads the Western Conference in home field goal percentage at 61.5 percent, but is shooting 33.6 percent on the road. Forward Nicolas Batum, who is averaging 11.4 points in 25.1 minutes off the bench, has missed two games after suffering a bone bruise on his left knee Monday against Utah and is doubtful. Portland is 0-5 in games decided by three points or less.
1. Portland and Denver are two of three teams in the NBA (Philadelphia) with six players averaging more than 10 points.
2. Denver is 23-6 against the spread in its last 29 road games.
NBA BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Nuggets 102, Trail Blazers 100
Bet on NBA Basketball games with SBG Global Sportsbook, click here!
Related Articles
- NBA Basketball Picks and Tips: Denver vs Portland
- NBA Basketball Predictions & Picks: New Jersey at Portland
- Las Vegas Free NBA Picks: Milwaukee Bucks vs Portland Trail Blazers
- Best of NBA 's Western Conference Odds: Clippers at Trail Blazers
- Prtland Trail Blazers hosts the NBA’s best team - the Oklahoma City Thunder
Category
Tags
danilo gallinari - denver nuggets - gerald wallace - kosta koufos - lamarcus aldridge - portland trail blazers - rose garden - timofey mozgov
