Portland Trailblazers versus Denver Nuggets TNT TV NBA Pro Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on April 1, 2010 by admin · No Comments

It will be the Portland Trailblazers taking on the Denver Nuggets in a late night NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time from Denver is scheduled for 10:35PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on TNT.

The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the point spread in this game and it was the Denver Nuggets coming in as 5 ½ point betting favorites with the over under coming in at 199.

The betting public has come in early on the side of the road underdog Portland Trailblazers, as the Denver Nuggets are currently 5 point betting favorites. The total has been bet upward as the over under is currently lined at 201.

Those looking on playing the side favored Denver Nuggets on the money line will find –220 odds with the road underdog Portland Trailblazers bringing back +190 to win this game without the need for taking the points.

This is the fourth meeting between these Western conference foes. It was way back on October 29th when these two first met and it was Denver with the 97-94 road victory as a 7 point underdog. Denver held the Trailblazers to just 34.6% shooting. Then on Christmas Day it was Portland posting the 107-96 home victory as a 3-point underdog. Portland shot lights out hitting on 52.6% in victory. The teams then met on March 7th in Denver and it was the Nuggets posting the 118-106 win as 7-point favorites. Denver had an outstanding shooting night hitting on 58.9% in victory. The one thing they held form in all three games was the fact the Trailblazers won the rebounding battle in all three meetings.

The Denver Nuggets has slid badly in the standings. The Nuggets sit with a 48-27 record and have lost their hold on the second seed in the Western conference. Denver has fallen all the way to the fifth seed in the West 1 game behind the Phoenix Suns who sit at the fourth seed with only 7 games remaining on the regular season schedule. Denver has lost 5 of their past 6 games. The team returns home after a bad 5 game road trip. The team is coming off a 109-93 loss to the Dallas Mavericks as 5-point underdogs. The team could only hit 41% of their shots in defeat. Denver has been good at home with a 30-6 record and poor on the road with an 18-21 record. Carmelo Anthony had a poor shooting game with just 10 points on 3 of 16 from the field.

The Portland Trailblazers will be playing the back end of a back to back on Thursday night. The team has been outstanding in this spot with a 16-4 against the spread record on the back end of a back to back. The Trailblazers have clinched a playoff spot as they sit in the seventh seed with a 46-29 overall record. The Trailblazers sit just ½ game ahead of the San Antonio Spurs for the 8th and final spot in the playoffs with 7 games remaining. Portland is playing outstanding basketball as they are winners of 9 of their past 10 games. They are coming off a 118-90 pounding of the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. The team shot 52.6% from the field in victory. Brandon Roy had 16 points in only 28 minutes as he sat many minutes in this game in a blowout. He has averaged just over 20 points a game in his past 5 games. Roy has had great games this season against Denver as he has averaged 27.7 points per game in their three meetings.

Trend: Denver Nuggets are 0-8-1 ATS in their past 9 games

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