The Utah Jazz (32-15) trek over to the Mile High City Thursday to play the Denver Nuggets (32-15) at 10:30 p.m. ET at Pepsi Center. We analyze the Jazz-Nuggets odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.
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Jazz at Nuggets: Key injuries
Nuggets
- C Bol Bol (foot) out
- PF Paul Millsap (knee) out
- PF Mason Plumlee (foot) out
- PG Jamal Murray (ankle) out
Jazz at Nuggets: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Prediction
Jazz 105, Nuggets 96
Moneyline (ML)
The matchup to pay attention to in Jazz-Nuggets is between the two all-star centers. Jazz C Rudy Gobert is the back-to-back defending Defensive Player of the Year and is guarding ultra-versatile Nuggets C Nikola Jokić who strains defenses with his passing ability and court vision. Gobert has gotten the better of Jokić thus far in their careers:
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Another major reason the Jazz have the edge over the Nuggets is the injury report. Denver will be missing two bigs, and aside from Gobert, Utah has good defensive bigs backing him up in Ed Davis and Tony Bradley. Plus the absence of Murray could be huge for a Nuggets team needing someone in the backcourt to mitigate the damage Donovan Mitchell can cause. Murray has scored 20-plus points in his last two games against Utah, but Mitchell has scored 30-plus in his last two games overall and 46 points in the previous Jazz-Nuggets game, which was last season.
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Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Since we are playing the Jazz on the moneyline at even money, we’re going to PASS on a line wager in this game. Since this game is essentially a coin flip, here’s an ATS trend that might win you over in picking the Jazz outright—Utah is 16-7 ATS in the last 23 meetings.
Over/Under (O/U)
The UNDER 217.5 (-125) is the right bet if you’re playing the total in the Jazz-Nuggets game. This game should be a high-intensity affair with these teams tied for the third seed in the Western Conference, and it’s a primetime game. Furthermore, both teams don’t give up a lot points—combined they are giving up 212.7 points per game and each plays a slowed-down tempo. Denver is second to last in Pace of play and Utah is ranked 18th. Also, the Under is 14-2 in the last 16 meetings in Denver.
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