The 57-20 San Antonio Spurs will travel to play the 53-24 Denver Nuggets in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Denver is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game home team Denver Nuggets favored by -3 points with an over under line of 204 ½ points. There has been no line movement in this game since the odds were released in this game.
The teams met three times this season with each team winning on their home court. Denver covered the point spread in two of the three games.
San Antonio has a road record of 23-15 on the season. They bounced back from their road loss at Oklahoma City with the 99-97 home victory on Saturday to the Atlanta Hawks as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The game came in at over 192 ½ points. The Spurs shot 45% of their shots and made just 3 of 15 three pointers. They held the Hawks to 42.2% shooting and crushed Atlanta on the glass by a 49-38 margin. Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 31 points and 14 rebounds as he made 12 of 21 shots. In the playoff race San Antonio holds a one game lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder for the top spot in the Western conference with only five games remaining. The team ranks fourth in the NBA in all four key offensive areas of points per game, field goal, three point and free throw shooting.
The Nuggets are 53-24 playing on their home court. They win their fourth straight game after a 132-114 home victory on Saturday to the Houston Rockets as a -6 point betting favorite. The total in the game landed over 210 ½ points. Denver shot 54.5% from the floor and made 11 of 25 three pointers in a game where they were rested and Houston was on a back to back. The Nuggets gave up 47% shooting to the Rockets and forced 19 Houston turnovers. Corey Brewer came off the bench for Denver with 22 points as he made 6 of his 17 shots. They won without Ty Lawson and the injured Danilo Gallinari who were out injured. Denver holds the third seed in the Western conference and has a two game lead over the fifth seeded LA Clippers with just five games remaining. Denver is a top four offense in points per game and field goal shooting. They have shown improvement on the defensive end of the court as they allow 44.6% shooting good for 11th in the league.
