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New York Knicks at Denver Nuggets odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Sunday’s New York Knicks at Denver Nuggets sports betting odds and lines, with NBA betting picks, tips and best bets.

The New York Knicks (6-20) visit the Denver Nuggets (16-8) Sunday at Pepsi Center for an 8 p.m. ET tip-off. We analyze the Knicks-Nuggets odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.

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Knicks at Nuggets: Key injuries

Knicks

SG Reggie Bullock (neck) out
SG Wayne Ellington (Achilles) out
SG Allonzo Trier (concussion) out

Nuggets

PF Paul Millsap (quad) questionable

Knicks at Nuggets: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

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Prediction

Nuggets 116, Knicks 109

Moneyline (ML)

Both teams enter on a two-game win streak, but for the Knicks (+450), it’s just the first time all season they’ve won consecutive games. The two victories — both on the road — were decided by narrow margins, beating the Golden State Warriors 124-122 in overtime Wednesday and topping the Sacramento Kings 103-101 Friday. They’re now 3-10 on the road for the season as they wrap a three-game Western Conference swing.

The Nuggets (-625) would be the play if it weren’t for the cost-prohibitive odds which return a profit of just $1.60 on a $10 bet for the outright win. The bet to make will be the spread.

Against the Spread (ATS)

The KNICKS (+10.5, -106) should be backed when spotted double-digit points. While the Nuggets are 10-3 at home for the season, they’re 5-5 over their last 10 games. They had lost three in a row on the road before starting their five-game homestand 2-0. New York is 13-13 against the spread overall and 7-6 on the road. Denver is 11-11 overall and 7-6 at home.

New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Knicks to stay within 10 points in a loss or win outright would return a profit of $9.43.

Over/Under (O/U)

While the Nuggets are without a key scorer in Millsap, they’re more likely to miss him on the defensive end in the second half of the back-to-back. Take the OVER 206.5 (-129). The two teams have hit the Under more than any other squad in the NBA, with the Nuggets falling an average of 5 points below the projected totals.

The Knicks will be able to put up points against the tired, and shorthanded, Nuggets. Denver will be able to do enough on offense against a New York side allowing 111.2 points per game.

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Slow start sinks Oklahoma City against Nuggets

Denver got out to a 22-6 lead in Saturday night’s 110-102 win over the Thunder. Nicola Jokic notched his fourth triple-double of the year.

Oklahoma City got off to a slow start on Saturday night in Denver and could never fully recover, as they fell 110-102 to the Nuggets.

Nicola Jokic notched his 36^th career triple-double, scoring a game-high 28 points, grabbing 14 rebounds, and dishing out 12 assists. It was his fourth triple-double of the season.

Denver started the game on a 22-6 run before Oklahoma City turned the tide. OKC outscored the Nuggets 14-5 over the final 5:46 of the first quarter to get the game back within seven.

A three-point Denver lead at the half swelled to as many as 13 in the third quarter, where once against Oklahoma City was outscored, this time 30-19.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sank a jumper with 6:50 left in the game to cut the deficit to five, but Denver ran off nine straight points to put the game out of reach.

D3NNIS 💦#DennisSchröder leads Thunder with 19 points so far. pic.twitter.com/5RUdwLUtdy

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) December 15, 2019

Dennis Schröder came off the bench to lead the team with 22 points. Steven Adams had 18 points while Gilgeous-Alexander scored 16. Chris Paul also tallied a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists.

Oklahoma City was once again with Terrance Ferguson, who missed his fifth straight game with right hip soreness.

With the loss, the Thunder end their road trip 2-2 and fall to 4-9 on the road and 11-14 overall.

Oklahoma City is back in action when they host Chicago on Monday inside Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Terrance Ferguson still out with hip soreness, no timetable for return

Terrance Ferguson is out against the Denver Nuggets. The Oklahoma City wing has missed five straight games with right hip soreness.

Terrance Ferguson is still not back in the lineup for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Ferguson, who is not playing Saturday night against the Denver Nuggets, is continuing to struggle with right hip soreness.

Billy Donovan announced the decision to hold Ferguson out against Denver following the Thunder’s practice on Friday afternoon. According to Maddie Lee of The Oklahoman, Donovan said at the time that the third-year wing was “making some good progress”.

Donovan provided another update on Ferguson’s status prior to tip-off on Saturday evening.

“He’s able to run, cut, workout and do those things. I think the biggest challenge for him is you don’t want him to have a setback. He’s obviously been out for five games so you want to be very careful when you bring him back that he’s not in the position that he ends up reaggravating it, and then all of a sudden, it gets extended into two weeks when it didn’t need to be.”

Billy Donovan gives an update on Terrance Ferguson (right hip soreness): pic.twitter.com/JlJq4kvNHF

— Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) December 15, 2019

However, Donovan told Lee that he doesn’t know when Ferguson will be able to return.

“He’s progressing really, really well. He’s on the court. He’s shooting, he’s running, he’s doing lateral things. So I don’t know when it will be, but I think everyone that’s been working with him feels really good about where he’s at right now.”

According to Donovan, Ferguson still has yet to participate in any contact drills.

Ferguson has missed the entirety of the Thunder’s current road trip, although he did travel with the team.

Ferguson’s absence, coupled with Hamidou Diallo’s injury, has allowed Abdel Nader to see additional time. Nader had started four straight games coming into Saturday and was again in the starting lineup against the Nuggets.

Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Thursday’s Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets sports betting odds and lines, with NBA betting picks, tips and best bets.

The Portland Trail Blazers (10-15) and Denver Nuggets (14-8) will do battle at Pepsi Center at 10:30 p.m. ET. We analyze the Trail Blazers-Nuggets odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.

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Trail Blazers at Nuggets: Key injuries

Trail Blazers: SG/SF Rodney Hood (Achilles) suffered a ruptured Achilles’ tendon during a game on Friday and he is done for the season, a tough blow for a team already shorthanded in the frontcourt with PF Zach Collins (shoulder) out until March and C Jusuf Nurkic (leg) still months away from a return.

Nuggets: SG/SF Jamal Murray (trunk contusion) is expected to be able to play, while PF Paul Millsap (foot) isn’t as much of a certainty.