NBA Picks: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets
The Portland Trail Blazers (20-17) and Denver Nuggets (23-16) will meet up in a Western Conference matchup Tuesday night, with the opening tip scheduled for 9 p.m. ET at the Pepsi Center in the Mile High City.
Sports bettors will find that the Nuggets are 8.5-point home favorites in the NBA betting odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at 203 in the betting market.
Let's take a closer look at this rivalry from a betting perspective, while offering an against-the-spread pick along the way.
Portland Trail Blazers
1 of 3The Portland Trail Blazers have dropped back-to-back games since putting together a four-game win streak, as it attempts to bounce back from a disappointing 87-83 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder as four-point home underdogs Sunday.
Sports bettors will find that the Trail Blazers are 10-8 ATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points over the last two-plus seasons.
Denver Nuggets
2 of 3The Denver Nuggets have won a season-high five games in a row, including a 116-105 victory over the Golden State Warriors as 6.5-point home favorites Sunday.
Sports bettors will find that the Nuggets have won 21 of their last 23 home games against the Portland Trail Blazers, while the favorite is 13-3 against the spread in the last 16 meetings in this series.
Prediction
3 of 3I'm going to recommend that readers back the Denver Nuggets as one of their NBA picks against the spread Tuesday, as the home team is 16-5 ATS in the last 21 meetings in this series.
NBA Pick: Denver Nuggets -8.5


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