{"id":11787,"date":"2010-12-22T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11787"},"modified":"2010-12-22T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T14:39:48","slug":"nba-betting-preview-denver-nuggets-vs-san-antonio-spurs-expert-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-preview-denver-nuggets-vs-san-antonio-spurs-expert-picks-11787\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Preview: Denver Nuggets vs San Antonio Spurs Expert Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs
\nWednesday, 12\/22\/10, 8:30 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 214
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 213.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs are looking to avoid a fourth-straight home loss to the Denver Nuggets at the AT&T Center on Wednesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver was under the impression that it won the last meeting with San Antonio last Thursday when star forward Carmelo Anthony hit a shot at the buzzer, but the play was waved off due to an offensive foul.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a play that I think goes either way a lot,\u201d said head coach George Karl.\u00a0 \u201cIt seemed like the referees, the like to hit us with tough calls.\u201d\u00a0 The Nuggets enter tonight with a 16-10 overall record and 4-8 mark on the road, including wins in three of six tries against Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 The team barely held on against the Timberwolves on Saturday at the Pepsi Center, blowing a 20-point lead, only to end up on the winning end of a high-scoring 115-113 contest.\u00a0 Anthony led the squad with 24 points, marking his 19th 20-plus scoring effort of the season.\u00a0 Denver is 9-16 ATS on the season and currently an underdog on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets could be back at full strength in regards to their lineup for tonight\u2019s contest at the AT&T Center, as point guard Chauncey Billups, center Chris Anderson and forward Kenyon Martin all practiced on Monday.\u00a0 Denver will be seeking revenge from the home loss earlier in the year and searching for its fourth straight victory in San Antonio.\u00a0 \u201cWe owe them a lot of payback,\u201d said guard Ty Lawson.\u00a0 Reaching the 100-point mark offensively would give the club a good chance of pulling out a win, as the team is 15-4 when scoring 100 or more points this season.<\/p>\n

San Antonio improved its NBA-best record to 24-3 with a 118-110 win over the Phoenix Suns by scoring 40 points in a crucial third period.\u00a0 \u201cTim Duncan was really magnificent in the third quarter,\u201d said coach Gregg Popovich.\u00a0 \u201cWe executed really well when he was in.\u201d\u00a0 He scored 20 points and 15 rebounds in the contest, which was a bit of a surprise due to coming into the contest averaging 13.9 points per game.\u00a0 The Spurs are 15-2 overall at home, including a 7-2 mark versus Western foes.\u00a0 San Antonio will be looking to push its current win streak to double digits and is currently 9-2 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have won four straight games that have been decided by eight points or less, which is a crucial point due to the current line.\u00a0 \u201cWe feel pretty good about ourselves right now, but I think we have a lot to build on,\u201d said Duncan after the win over Phoenix.\u00a0 \u201cOur record is really good and that\u2019s a great situation to be in.\u201d\u00a0 San Antonio holds a 95-60 all-time advantage in the series over Denver and the All-Star forward led the team with 28 points and 16 rebounds in the first meeting this season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Nuggets being 15-5-1 ATS when playing on three days rest, while the Spurs are 10-2 ATS versus the Northwest Division.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are having an incredible season and can\u2019t wait for you to join them tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, 12\/22\/10, 8:30 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 214 Current Total:\u00a0 213.5 Denver was under the impression that it won the last meeting with San Antonio last Thursday when star forward Carmelo Anthony hit a shot at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4195,49,105,526,3940,873,141,3350,3693],"class_list":["post-11787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-att-center","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-chauncey-billups","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-gregg-popovich","tag-kenyon-martin","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tim-duncan","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11789,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11787\/revisions\/11789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}