Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Denver Nuggets will look to survive to force a deciding game 7 when they travel to take on the Utah Jazz in an NBA playoff game on Friday night. Tip off time from Utah for this critical game 6 of this best of 7 Western conference playoff is set for 10PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on ESPN2.
The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the betting line in this game and it was the home team Utah Jazz coming in as 3 ½ point betting favorites with the over under coming in at 215 ½.
This game has saw the action early come on the side of the home team, as the Utah Jazz is currently 5 point favorites. The total has been bet upward to a current over under of 218.
Utah Jazz money line bettors will lay –200 odds with the road underdog Denver Nuggets returning +180 to win game 6 without taking the points.
Denver was able to stay alive in this playoff series off their 116-102 game 5 victory as 7 point favorites. The Nuggets shot well converting on 50.7% of their shots and a good 9 of 17 from three. The Jazz was held to a series low 45.2% shooting in game 5.
The Nuggets enter game 6 with injury concerns, as they will play without center Nene with a sprained knee suffered in the first half against the Jazz in game 5. Carmelo Anthony contributed with 26 points on 7 of 19 from the floor and 12 of 15 from the free throw line. The Nuggets finally got something from their bench in this series as they contributed with 37 points. Birdman Chris Anderson finally produced with 7 rebounds in game 5.
Deron Williams continued his good play in this series as he produced 34 points on 10 of 20 shooting and 10 assists. Williams has shot 50.6% from the floor and averaged 54.2% from the three-point line in this series. But it was Kyle Korver who hit a cooler in game 5 as the shooter produced just 0 points on 0 of 6 shooting from the floor. Carlos Boozer produced well in game 5 with 25 points on 12 of 20 shooting. Without Nene in the lineup Boozer could see a lot of touches in game 6.
Trend: The Over is 4-1 in this playoff series
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