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Denver enters at 2-2 with 110.75 points per game allowed? no, 110.75 scored and 114.0 allowed, while Phoenix is 1-2 with 109.33 scored and 123.67 allowed. The Nuggets are rebounding at 45.3 per game and creating 24.7 assists, a sign of steadier offensive structure. Phoenix is at 39.7 rebounds per game and a much weaker defensive efficiency mark, which has been the bigger issue than its offense. On the perimeter, Denver is hitting 31.1% from deep and Phoenix 31.9%, so neither group is lighting it up there, but Denver’s bigger edge comes from the glass and from a more stable overall efficiency profile. That combination gives the visitors the better path to a comfortable result.
Denver has the stronger early-season profile, and the numbers point to a road win with room to spare. Phoenix is giving up too much scoring, struggling on the glass, and has not shown any spread support in the sample to date. Denver’s rebounding, passing, and overall efficiency give it the clearer edge, so the projection leans toward Denver controlling the game from the middle quarters onward. Final score projection: Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 112.
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