{"id":31657,"date":"2013-12-06T12:16:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31657"},"modified":"2013-12-06T12:16:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:16:14","slug":"nba-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-boston-celtics-31657\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics
\nFriday, 12\/6\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread: Denver -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 200
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 200.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets have struggled on the road against the Boston Celtics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver had its seven-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 98-88 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers as 3.5-point road favorites Wednesday, while going UNDER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Nuggets have five probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Ty Lawson leading the way at 19.3 points per game, which is important to consider when making your NBA predictions Friday night.\u00a0 Denver is 13-9 SU and 14-8 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 12-10 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have split their first 10 road games during the 2013-14 NBA season, including a 2-1 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Denver has dropped 13 of 15 against Boston, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines, especially with each of these teams being led by first-year head coaches.\u00a0 Lawson is one of only three active players to average 20.0 points and 8.0 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Boston has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 108-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks as seven-point home favorites Tuesday, while going OVER the betting total of 185.5.\u00a0 The Celtics also have five projected starters averaging double figures on the offensive end, with forward Jeff Green leading the way at 16.8 points a contest.\u00a0 The franchise continues to play without the services of point guard Rajon Rondo, who is out with a torn ACL.\u00a0 Boston is 3-1 SU and 4-0 ATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points since the 2011-12 campaign, with the OVER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are a dominating 32-7 SU all-time at home against the Nuggets\u2014winning the last three by averaging 112.0 points.\u00a0 Boston will need a big performance from guard Jordan Crawford to pull off the upset, as he\u2019s totaled 43 points in his last two games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 5-2 in the last seven meetings in Boston.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics Friday, 12\/6\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread: Denver -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 200 Current Total:\u00a0 200.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver had its seven-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 98-88 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers as 3.5-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,526,3622,7850,18,197,216],"class_list":["post-31657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-eastern-conference","tag-jordan-crawford","tag-nba","tag-rajon-rondo","tag-ty-lawson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31657","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=31657"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31660,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31657\/revisions\/31660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}