The 33-20 Denver Nuggets will be on a back to back when they face a rested 30-22 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game is lined at a pick with the over under lined at 199 ½ points. There has been no line movement on the spread or total since the odds came out thus far.
The teams went head to head just once during the lockout year with Denver posting the 123-115 win as a -11 ½ point betting favorite. The game soared over 198 points.
Denver has a road record of 11-17 on the year. Their road woes continued as they drop their second straight game on this trip following a 109-108 defeat at the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday as a +1 ½ point underdog. The total came in at over 217 points. The Nuggets wasted a 51.8% shooting night along with 6 of 16 from three. They allowed 47% shooting to Toronto and Denver pulls down 7 more rebounds. Denver gives away the game with bad free throw shooting and 19 turnovers. Ty Lawson led the team with 29 points and 9 assists on 12 of 20 shooting. The Nuggets are 30th and last in the NBA in free throw shooting hitting on just 69.1% from the charity stripe. On this three game road trip they have given up an average of 110 points a game. Their Wednesday game is a back to back as well as their fourth game in five nights.
The Nets are 18-10 on their home court. This is the final game for the Nets before the All Star break. They break a two game losing streak on Monday in an 89-84 road win at the Indiana Pacers as a +9 point road underdog. The total came in at under 181 points. Brooklyn survived a 38.8% shooting game with 4 of 12 from three. They win the game because they held the Pacers to 34.4% shooting and make ten more free throws than Indiana. Brook Lopez had 25 points and 8 rebounds on 8 of 19 shooting. Reggie Evans grabbed 22 rebounds. The Nets struggled on offense as they are ranked 22nd in the NBA in three key areas offensively which are points per game, field goal and three point shooting.