Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets Betting Odds


Opening Line: Thunder +6 / Nuggets -6 O/U 207

Time: 9 PM EST Wednesday March 3, 2010 on Altitude2

Tonight the Denver Nuggets host the streaking Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nuggets have lost 2 in a row and are only 5-5 in their last 10 games while the Thunder have won 3 straight and are 8-2 in their last 10 games. The Nuggets have been in 2nd place in the West for most of the season, but now they are in 3rd place a half game behind Dallas and 6.5 games behind the leading L.A. Lakers.

Since the Thunder have been en fuego for the last month they are now in the playoff picture holding the 6th position in the West and trail the Lakers by 9 games.

This season the Nuggets are 25-5 at home and 27-30-3 ATS and the Thunder are 17-12 on the road and 35-23 ATS.

In their last games the Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 113-107 last night and the Nuggets lost to the Phoenix Suns 101-85 on Monday night.

Tonight the Nuggets will look to avoid their first 3-game losing streak of the season against a Thunder squad that was won 12 of their last 14 games.

In the last games between these 2 teams the Nuggets lost 101-84 and they only shot 40.3% from the field.

Kevin Durant (29.7 ppg) has been a scoring machine for a couple of months scoring at least 25 points in 32 of his last 33 games and in his last 6 games against Denver he has averaged 32.3 ppg.

The Thunder have won 5 of their last 6 road games, but they have not win in Denver since coming to Oklahoma City from Seattle.

The Nuggets are the 2nd highest scoring team in the league led by Carmelo Anthony (28.6 ppg), who has averaged 30.8 ppg in his last 6 games against Oklahoma City.

The Thunder have a solid defense ranking 7th in points allowed (96 ppg) and if they can slow down the run-and-gun Nuggets they have a better chance to win this game.

Thunder PG Russell Westbrook (16.5 ppg) has to stay in front of Chauncey Billups (20.2 ppg) not allowing him to get out on the break giving Denver easy fast break buckets and he also has to keep him from having a big scoring game.

Nene' (13.8 ppg 7.9 rpg) and Kenyon Martin (11.9 ppg 9.5 rpg) have to hit the boards tonight, as the Thunder have been much better on the glass this season with a rebounding differential of +2.2 rpg while the Nuggets are only at -0.6 rpg.

Oklahoma City is 15-6 ATS in their last 21 road games, 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a road underdog, and has an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 games.

Denver is 8-18-1 ATS in their last 27 games as a favorite, 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a loss, and has an Over record of 6-2 in their last 8 home games.

In the last 7 games between these 2 teams the Thunder are 7-0 ATS and in the last 5 games in Denver the total has gone Over.

Our Selection : The Nuggets are the 2nd highest scoring team in the league led by Carmelo Anthony (28.6 ppg), who has averaged 30.8 ppg in his last 6 games against Oklahoma City. The total has gone over in the last 5 games these 2 teams have played in Denver, we see no reason why for this trend to change. Take Over 207 points.


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