Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, Preview and Odds - 01/13/2022

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Thursday, January 13, 2022

Venue:  Ball Arena, Denver, CO

Where to Watch:  TNT

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +9, Nuggets -9; Over/Under:  NL points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers NL, Nuggets NL; Over/Under:  NL points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +9.5, Nuggets -9.5; Over/Under:  NL points

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  16-24 (4th place, Northwest Division)

Denver Nuggets:  20-19 (2nd place, Northwest Division)

 

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Portland Trail Blazers:  4-6 last 10

Denver Nuggets:  5-5 last 10

 

 

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with a 16-24 record overall and they are 2-13 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. Their last loss was against the Cleveland Cavaliers but they have gone on a 2 game winning streak since then with wins coming against the Sacramento Kings and the Brooklyn Nets in their last game. Anfernee Simons led the team in points in that game with 23 while Robert Covington was next on the team with 21 points. Ben McLemore also scored 20 points in that one as well. Simons led the team in assists in that game with 11 while Jusuf Nurkić led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 46.5% from the field, 39.5% from 3-point range, and 73.1% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 108.8 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 112.5 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 15-25 this season and their O/U record is 19-21.

 

 

The Nuggets are coming into this game with a 20-19 record overall and they are 9-7 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Sacramento Kings and the Oklahoma City Thunder while their loss came against the Los Angeles Clippers in their last game. Aaron Gordon led the team in points in that game with 30 while Nikola Jokić was next on the team with 21 points. Jokić led the team in assists in that game with 8 and he also led the team in rebounds with 13. They were 40% from the field, 12.1% from 3-point range, and 85% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 105.6 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 105.6 PPG against them. The Nuggets have an ATS record of 16-23 this season and their O/U record is 19-20.

 

 

The Nuggets are coming into this game as a 9 point favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Nuggets are coming off of a very close loss to the Clippers by 2 points in their last game and they will be hungry to bounce back here. The Trail Blazers have been awful on the road this season with a 2-13 record and now they have lost their best player, Damian Lillard, to a lingering injury that requires surgery so he will be missing this game and some games in the future as well. Without him in this game, the Trail Blazers are going to be severely handcuffed against a Nuggets team that will be hungry to get back in the winning column here. The best bet to place in this game is on the Nuggets to cover the spread here.

 

Trail Blazers Nuggets Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Thursday, January 13, 2022 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Nuggets 107 Trail Blazers 92.

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Portland Trail Blazers: 16-30 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points. 16-24 ATS in all games. 13-20 ATS when the total is 210 to 219.5. 5-14 ATS as an underdog. 2-8 ATS as a road underdog. 3-12 ATS in road games. 15-22 ATS after a win by 6 points or less. 

Denver Nuggets: 27-19 O/U vs. division opponents. 16-8 O/U after a game outrebounding opponent by 15 or more. 24-18 O/U off a upset loss as a favorite. 12-6 O/U after allowing 100 points or less 2 straight games. 7-1 O/U after 2 straight games where both teams scored 105 points or less.

 

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  D. Lillard (PG) Late Jan - Abdominal injury. L. Nance Jr. (SF) Ques Thurs - Knee injury. CJ McCollum (SG) Late Jan - Lung injury. Norman Powell (SG) Out indefinitely - Illness.

Denver Nuggets:  Will Barton (SG) Ques Thurs - Conditioning. M. Howard (PG) Late Jan - Knee injury. Vlatko Cancar (SF) Late March - Foot injury. P. Cornelie (PF) Out indefinitely - Illness. Jamal Murray (SG) Out indefinitely - Knee injury. M. Porter Jr. (PF)Out indefinitely - Back injury. PJ Dozier (SG) out for season - Knee injury.

 

 

 

"Certainly nobody in the world thought that we would win this game with the guys that we have missing, even though they're missing some important players too. I'm more happy than anything for our team, to be honest. We've suffered a lot of losses in this building, a lot of bad losses." - Chauncey Billups on his team’s loss against the Nets on Monday night.

 

 

"Maybe we get relaxed. Maybe we think it's going to be easy. I don't know. Something happens, especially when we make four 3s. It's really hard for us to do anything." - Nikola Jokic on their loss against the Clippers on Tuesday night.

 

 

 

PG     Anfernee Simons

SG     Tony Snell

SF     Nassir Little

PF     Robert Covington

C      Jusuf Nurkic

 

PG    Monte Morris

SG    Facundo Campazzo

SF     Aaron Gordon

PF    Jeff Green

C     Nikola Jokic

 

 

PPG: D. Lillard (24)

APG: D. Lillard (7.3)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (10.2)

 

PPG: N. Jokic (25.7)

APG: N. Jokic (7)

Reb/G: N. Jokic (14.1)

 

Coaches:

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (1st season)

Denver Nuggets: Michael Malone (7th season)