Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Atlanta Hawks will continue their long road trip as they play the back end of a back to back at the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.
Start time from Denver is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA package.
The betting odds opened up in this NBA game with the home club Denver Nuggets favored by -5 points with a total of 202 ½ points.
The NBA wagering public has come with their money early on the side of the home team as Denver is now up to a -6 point favorite.
Denver Nuggets money line bettors will lay -260 odds with the road underdog Atlanta Hawks returning +220 odds to post the win outright with no need for points on their side.
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These clubs hook up for the first of their two meetings this regular season.
Last year they split each winning on their home court.
Their first head to head last year was held in Atlanta and it resulted in a 125-100 victory by the Hawks as a -3 point home favorite. The total played over the closing number of 210 ½ points.
The Hawks enjoyed a 51.7% shooting night with 8 of 19 from three. The beat the Nuggets on the boards by a 44-36 margin. Denver was held to just 41% shooting and 2 of 10 from three.
The rematch took place nearly two months later and it was the Nuggets posting the 124-104 home win as a -3 ½ point favorite. The total played over 207 ½ points.
Denver shot extremely well making 54.4% of their shots and 13 of 26 from the three point line. They survived missing 9 free throws out of 22 attempts. The Nuggets out rebounded the Hawks by 5.
Atlanta shot 48.1% in their defeat but were just 8 of 23 from three. They committed 14 turnovers while taking away only 7 from Denver.
The Hawks play the back end of a back to back at Denver with a mark of 36-23. The team is 19-14 on the road this season.
Atlanta is in fifth place in the Eastern conference sitting just one game in the loss column behind the fifth seeded Orlando Magic.
After dropping their first two games of this west coast trip following the All Star break the team has responded with two straight wins. They buckled down defensively in both allowing less than 40% shooting.
Atlanta is coming off a 90-83 road win at Portland late last night as a +5 point underdog.
The Hawks made 42% from the field in their win and 8 of 21 from the three point line. The team shot well from the line sinking 24 of 27. Atlanta pounded the Trailblazers on the glass by a 49-34 margin.
They allowed Portland just 39% shooting and a good thing the Hawks did because they turned it over 24 times.
Jamal Crawford led Atlanta with 23 points on 5 of 13 from the field but a very good 9 of 10 from the free throw line. Joe Johnson chipped in with 22 points on 9 of 16 shooting.
Denver hosts this contest with a mark of 34-26 this year. The team is 24-7 at home.
The Nuggets sit tied with the Hornets and Trailblazers in the loss column for the fifth seed in the west with 22 games left remaining.
Since the All Star break and the Anthony trade the Nuggets have won two of three and the wins all came at home.
Their lone loss in this span came on the back end of a back to back in their 107-106 road defeat in overtime at Portland on Saturday night as a +7 ½ point underdog.
The Nuggets hit on 41.9% of their shots and 6 of 21 from the three point line. The team lost the rebounding battle by 4. They allowed Portland to hit on 43.5% of their shots.
Danilo Gallinari led the Nuggets with 30 points on 7 of 14 shooting and 15 of 17 from the free throw line with 9 rebounds. Wilson Chandler chipped in with 20 points on 8 of 16 shooting.
Trend: The Over is 5-0 in their past five meetings.
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