Denver Nuggets vs Portland Trail Blazers NBA Prediction 12/8/22

Two Western Conference teams will meet on Thursday night, as the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers clash in the Pacific Northwest. Both teams should have their top stars on the floor for this matchup, with the winner set to make strides in the top-six of the Western Conference. In our NBA predictions for Thursday night, we look at the best bet for Nuggets vs Trail Blazers.

Nuggets vs Trail Blazers Betting Pick

This game will be played at Moda Center at 10:00 PM ET on Thursday, December 8, 2022.

Why Bet The Trail Blazers:

✅ The Nuggets have lost three straight games, and their defense has struggled mightily over those three games. They have allowed over 115 points in each of their last three outings, and that will continue here.

✅ Damian Lillard came back for the Trail Blazers earlier this week, and scored 21 points in his return to the court. He will play better as he gets back into the swing of things in this game.

✅ Michael Porter Jr. remains out for this game for the Nuggets, which really impacts their offensive capabilities. Jamal Murray has been struggling with his shot, and the lack of a consistent second scorer behind Nikola Jokic will bite the Nuggets again.

The Pick: Trail Blazers Moneyline (-105)

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Dec 08, 2022 10:00 PM

Denver Nuggets

VS

Portland Trail Blazers

Spread Consensus

-1.5/-110

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+1.5/-110

59% DEN

POR 41%

MoneyLine Consensus

-126

5x - $50 Second Chance Bets

+105

72% DEN

POR 28%

Total Consensus

227.5/-115

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227.5/-105

13% UN

OV 87%

Team Stats Per Game

Offense/Defense

DEN	Team Stats Per Game	POR
75	Games	76
43.9	FG	42.6
86.3	FGA	87.2
.509	FG%	.488
12.1	3Pt-FG	12.3
31.2	3Pt-FGA	32.7
.389	3Pt%	.375
31.8	2Pt-FG	30.3
55.1	2Pt-FGA	54.5
.577	2Pt%	.556
16.9	FT	19.0
22.3	FTA	24.3
.757	FT%	.784
9.9	ORB	10.4
32.9	DRB	32.3
42.8	TRB	42.8
29.3	AST	26.5
7.4	STL	7.8
4.3	BLK	4.2
14.5	TOV	13.4
18.7	PF	20.8
116.8	PTS	116.4

Defense/Offense

DEN	Team Stats Per Game	POR
75	Games	76
41.8	FG	40.2
87.0	FGA	84.8
.481	FG%	.474
11.3	3Pt-FG	12.9
32.9	3Pt-FGA	35.4
.344	3Pt%	.365
30.5	2Pt-FG	27.3
54.1	2Pt-FGA	49.4
.564	2Pt%	.552
17.7	FT	20.0
22.9	FTA	24.9
.773	FT%	.803
9.8	ORB	9.5
30.4	DRB	31.3
40.2	TRB	40.8
25.7	AST	23.8
7.9	STL	6.6
4.2	BLK	4.5
13.4	TOV	14.5
19.6	PF	20.2
112.7	PTS	113.4

Team Stats Per 100 Poss

Offense/Defense

DEN	Team Stats Per 100 Poss	POR
75	Games	76
44.5	FG	43.2
87.5	FGA	88.6
.509	FG%	.488
12.3	3Pt-FG	12.5
31.6	3Pt-FGA	33.2
.389	3Pt%	.375
32.2	2Pt-FG	30.8
55.9	2Pt-FGA	55.4
.577	2Pt%	.556
17.2	FT	19.3
22.6	FTA	24.6
.757	FT%	.784
10.1	ORB	10.6
33.4	DRB	32.8
43.5	TRB	43.4
29.7	AST	26.9
7.5	STL	7.9
4.4	BLK	4.3
14.8	TOV	13.7
18.9	PF	21.2
118.5	PTS	118.2

Defense/Offense

DEN	Team Stats Per 100 Poss	POR
75	Games	76
42.4	FG	40.8
88.3	FGA	86.1
.481	FG%	.474
11.5	3Pt-FG	13.1
33.4	3Pt-FGA	35.9
.344	3Pt%	.365
30.9	2Pt-FG	27.7
54.9	2Pt-FGA	50.2
.564	2Pt%	.552
17.9	FT	20.4
23.2	FTA	25.3
.773	FT%	.803
9.9	ORB	9.6
30.8	DRB	31.8
40.8	TRB	41.4
26.1	AST	24.2
8.0	STL	6.7
4.3	BLK	4.5
13.6	TOV	14.8
19.9	PF	20.5
114.3	PTS	115.1

Four Factors

Offense/Defense

DEN	Four Factors	POR
.579	eFG%	.558
13.2	TOV%	12.1
24.6	RB%	75.0
.196	FT/FGA	.218

Defense/Offense

DEN	Four Factors	POR
.546	eFG%	.550
12.2	TOV%	13.2
77.1	RB%	22.7
.203	FT/FGA	.236

Analytics

DEN	Analytics	POR
47	Pythag Wins	31
28	Pythag Losses	45
4.16	Margin Of Victory	-3.00
118.5	O Rtg	115.1
114.3	D Rtg	118.2
98.1	Pace	98.2
.259	FTr	.294
.362	3PAr	.417
.608	TS%	.592

Betting Odds

• Spread
• MoneyLine
• Over/Under

Open

Current

Book

DEN

POR

DEN

POR

Consensus

-1.0 -110

+1.0 -110

-2.0 -110

+2.0 -112

Bet $5 Win $150

-1.0 -115

+1.0 -110

-1.5 -115

+1.5 -105

$1000 No Sweat Bet

-0.5 -110

+0.5 -110

-1.5 -110

+1.5 -110

$500 Second Chance Bet

-1.0 -109

+1.0 -108

-2.0 -109

+2.0 -112

Up To $1250 On Caesar

-1.0 -110

+1.0 -110

-2.0 -110

+2.0 -110

5x - $50 Second Chance Bets

-1.0 -107

+1.0 -107

-1.5 -107

+1.5 -107

First Bet Offer Up To $1000

-1.5 -110

+1.5 -115

-1.5 -110

+1.5 -110

Open

Current

Book

DEN

POR

DEN

POR

Consensus

-115

-105

-126

+105

Bet $5 Win $150

-115

-105

-120

+100

$1000 No Sweat Bet

-108

-108

-120

+102

$500 Second Chance Bet

-120

-103

-127

+107

Up To $1250 On Caesar

-115

-105

-125

+105

5x - $50 Second Chance Bets

-120

-105

-125

+100

First Bet Offer Up To $1000

-115

-105

-120

+100

Open

Current

Book

Over

Under

Over

Under

Consensus

226.0 -110

226.0 -110

227.5 -110

227.5 -110

Bet $5 Win $150

226.0 -110

226.0 -110

227.5 -105

227.5 -115

$1000 No Sweat Bet

226.0 -110

226.0 -110

227.5 -112

227.5 -108

$500 Second Chance Bet

226.0 -112

226.0 -109

227.5 -110

227.5 -110

Up To $1250 On Caesar

226.0 -110

226.0 -110

227.5 -110

227.5 -110

5x - $50 Second Chance Bets

226.0 -107

226.0 -107

227.5 -107

227.5 -107

First Bet Offer Up To $1000

225.5 -115

225.5 -105

227.5 -110

227.5 -110

Betting Trends

DEN	Betting Trends	POR
OVERALL		OVERALL
0-3-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-1-0
0-3-0	ATS W/L/P	2-1-0
110	Avg Score	113.67
118	Avg Opp Score	113
AWAY		HOME
1-2-0	Win/Loss/Tie	1-2-0
1-2-0	ATS W/L/P	1-2-0
109.67	Avg Score	113.67
114	Avg Opp Score	112

DEN	Betting Trends	POR
OVERALL		OVERALL
2-3-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-3-0
2-3-0	ATS W/L/P	2-3-0
115.8	Avg Score	110
113.4	Avg Opp Score	113.6
AWAY		HOME
3-2-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-3-0
3-2-0	ATS W/L/P	1-4-0
111.6	Avg Score	113
113	Avg Opp Score	111

DEN	Betting Trends	POR
OVERALL		OVERALL
5-5-0	Win/Loss/Tie	3-7-0
5-5-0	ATS W/L/P	4-6-0
112.9	Avg Score	110.9
113.1	Avg Opp Score	115.7
AWAY		HOME
6-4-0	Win/Loss/Tie	5-5-0
4-6-0	ATS W/L/P	5-5-0
113.2	Avg Score	114.2
115.4	Avg Opp Score	111.7

Head to Head

DATE	TM	LN	ML	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	SC
10/24/22	DEN POR	227.5 5.0	-202 +166	31 23	30 32	25 44	24 36		110 135
02/27/22	DEN POR	229.0 8.0	-347 +277	32 27	33 21	21 22	38 22		124 92
01/13/22	POR DEN	210.0 -11.5	+484 -688	28 41	27 31	25 29	28 39		108 140
11/23/21	DEN POR	212.5 -10.5	+392 -532	27 33	25 33	27 24	21 29		100 119
11/14/21	POR DEN	208.5 -5.5	+189 -232	18 33	35 34	26 24	16 33		95 124
06/03/21	DEN POR	228.0 -5.0	+164 -200	29 33	32 35	37 33	28 14		126 115
06/01/21	POR DEN	226.0 -2.0	+107 -127	25 38	37 27	32 27	27 29	14 14	140 147
05/29/21	DEN POR	227.5 -4.5	+165 -198	24 32	23 25	19 36	29 22		95 115
05/27/21	DEN POR	227.0 -3.5	+138 -165	39 30	25 29	20 20	36 36		120 115
05/24/21	POR DEN	224.5 -2.0	+108 -130	25 31	36 42	26 28	22 27		109 128

Teams Last 10

DATE	TM	LN	ML	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	SC
03/27/23	PHI DEN	297.6 -13.1	+453 -589	24 33	51 47	26 39	44 33		145 152
03/25/23	MIL DEN	326.6 -4.8	+180 -216	52 51	38 36	26 47	29 44		146 177
03/22/23	DEN WAS	87.9 1.4	-149 +117	12 11	4 11	15 2	4 12		46 41
03/19/23	DEN BKN	370.5 7.9	-240 +200	54 34	49 44	46 37	28 50		176 166
03/18/23	DEN NY	193.9 -0.8	-90 -95	24 30	33 22	20 24	16 21		93 98
03/16/23	DEN DET	147.3 6.1	-781 +473	19 18	19 23	18 14	21 6		76 64
03/14/23	DEN TOR	161.9 0.7	-88 +72	21 35	18 16	25 18	13 19		78 88
03/12/23	BKN DEN	115.6 -4.5	+158 -200	15 15	16 20	19 5	12 17		62 61
03/10/23	DEN SA	135.3 4.1	-487 +328	22 15	17 24	15 17	15 17		69 73
03/08/23	CHI DEN	388.3 -14.6	+518 -668	43 50	45 40	62 41	52 34		201 165

DATE	TM	LN	ML	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	SC
03/29/23	SAC POR	354.8 21.9	-1613 +994	29 30	47 39	50 27	56 24		181 121
03/27/23	NO POR	296.3 15.7	-845 +600	44 18	31 27	41 26	46 46		162 118
03/26/23	OKC POR	121.6 2.9	-277 +204	13 19	23 13	15 17	12 5		62 59
03/24/23	CHI POR	129.9 2.5	-168 +135	15 15	21 11	20 16	18 14		73 57
03/22/23	POR UTA	91.6 -2.0	+66 -79	11 13	15 3	3 12	14 11		50 45
03/19/23	LAC POR	382.7 11.9	-299 +249	58 49	37 41	55 46	39 31		190 166
03/17/23	BOS POR	333.7 13.2	-353 +287	46 34	44 34	37 31	53 60		179 159
03/14/23	NY POR	161.5 1.2	-98 +81	14 23	21 16	30 18	23 18		87 76
03/12/23	POR NO	111.9 -1.8	+65 -77	13 21	15 16	5 18	19 5		56 64
03/10/23	POR PHI	134.4 -4.9	+164 -208	21 17	19 15	14 17	13 20		68 69

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Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets are coming off of a heartbreaking loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. In that game, the Nuggets held a late lead, but could not get a stop when they needed it on the Mavericks’ final possession. They let Dorian Finney-Smith bury them with an open three at the top of the key, and the Nuggets will aim to get back on the winning track here.

For Denver, the question coming into this game is which version of Jamal Murray they are going to get. Murray has scored 20 or fewer points in each of the last three games, with the Nuggets losing all three of those games. They need Murray to get back on track to snap their losing streak here.

Portland Trail Blazers

For the Portland Trail Blazers, the last two games have gone well, as they have won back to back contests. They defeated the Utah Jazz on the road before beating the Indiana Pacers at home. Now they will aim for a third straight win against a struggling Nuggets team.

Portland will need to find a way to slow down Nikola Jokic if they want to win this game. Jusuf Nurkic has struggled against Jokic historically. Even though the Trail Blazers are superior elsewhere on the floor right now, that matchup could cost the Trail Blazers dearly.

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