The Brooklyn Nets (4-6) roll into the Mile High City to take on the high-flying Denver Nuggets (7-3) Thursday at Pepsi Center at 10:30 p.m. ET.
We analyze the Nets-Nuggets odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.
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Nets-Nuggets: Key injuries
Nets: PG Kyrie Irving (shoulder) is listed as questionable, suffering from a right shoulder impingement. SG Caris LeVert (thumb) will be sidelined until early December.
Nuggets: SF Jerami Grant (finger) is expected to be in the lineup, while SG Malik Beasley (illness) is under the weather and much less certain.
Nets-Nuggets: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Nuggets 111, Nets 99
Moneyline (ML)
PASS. The Nuggets (-455) are expensive on the moneyline whether or not Irving is able to play. It’s a good idea to avoid this line completely.
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Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Take the NUGGETS (-9, –110) regardless if Kyrie plays or not. Keep in mind you’ll be going against all of the series trends, as the Nets (+9, -110) are 5-1 ATS in the past six trips to Denver, 9-2 ATS in the past 11 meetings, and the underdog is 6-2 ATS in the past eight in this series.
However, those series trends are all when the Nets did not have Irving in their backcourt. Of course, that might also be the case Thursday might, too.
Over/under (O/U)
With Irving’s availability in doubt, question, the O/U is off the board as of this publishing.
However, if the line is posted, the UNDER (whatever it is) the play regardless of Irving’s status, as Denver’s recent trends drive this pick. The under is 4-1 ATS in the past five overall for the Nuggets, while going 11-2 in their past 13 against Eastern Conference foes and 18-7 ATS in the past 25 at home.
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