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NBA action will continue this December 23 with a big night of exciting and entertaining games, including the Trail Blazers vs Nuggets matchup.
This will be the third meeting of the season between these teams, with each team taking a win in the first two, the most recent being the Nuggets by a close score of 121-120.
As part of our commitment to providing you with the best sports betting content, JefeBet brings you the best analyses of the various games in the best basketball league in the world along with their corresponding predictions. Today, we give you our prediction for the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets matchup.
Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets NBA Regular Season Game on December 23, 2022
- Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado.
- When: Friday, December 23, 2022, 9:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers haven’t been as shocking as they were in the first month of the season, but they’ve still outperformed expectations. Despite physical issues, Damian Lillard averaged 28.3 points and received good contributions from players like Jerami Grant and Anfernee Simmons.
The last few weeks have not been the best for the Blazers, who are in the midst of a long road trip in which they have won two of their first five games to put their offensive average at 112.6 points per game. Meanwhile, the defense continues to have its ups and downs and an average of 112.1 points allowed per game..
Two of those defeats came in their last two games, both against the Oklahoma City Thunder, by a score of 121-123 and 98-101, respectively, and after reaching the last quarter tied in points.
Betting on the Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets, on the other hand, have managed to enter a very strong run of results to take over the top spot in the Western Conference. However, they share it with the Memphis Grizzlies, so they must continue this great pace to remain firmly in that fight, in which up to seven teams are kept apart by only 2.5 games.
Although they have not been as effective on defense as in past seasons, allowing an average of 114.0 points per game, the Nuggets have managed to weather that on the strength of an offense that averages 115.4 points scored per game,. This offense is led by Nikola Jokić, the team’s top scorer in points (24.7), assists (9.2), rebounds (11.0) and steals (1.5) per game..
Additionally, it was precisely Jokic who led the team in his previous performance, against the Grizzlies, with a rare triple-double of 13 points, 13 assists and 13 rebounds, while Aaron Gordon was the top scorer with 24 points.
JefeBet Prediction
The Blazers have been a more than decent team away from home, where they have a 10-8 record; however, they will not have an easy time in this game against a Nuggets team that has been excellent at home, having won 10 of 13 games.
The Denver club, which is best offensively this season, especially at home, and which features a Jokic who, as usual, is in excellent shape, will take advantage of the Trail Blazers’ recent defensive lapses.
No doubt this will be a great game, as were the two previous meetings between these teams; however, the Nuggets are in a great moment of inspiration and playing at home always gives them a great advantage, so we expect them to be the ones to take top honors here.
Prediction: Denver Nuggets Spread.
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