Denver Nuggets vs Golden State Warriors Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 18 (4/18): NBA

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Odds

Time	10 PM. EST
Nuggets money line	+245
Nuggets spread	+7
Warriors money line	-290
Warriors spread	-7
Over / under	224.5

 

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Record	48-35	54-29
Road / home record	25-17	32-10
Streak	L2	W6
Points per game	112.6	111.1
Points allowed per game	110.5	105.5
Rebounds per game	44	45.4
Rebounds allowed per game	42.4	42.5
Over / under record	47-35-1	36-45-2

 

Preview

Golden State Warriors will be meeting Denver Nuggets on Monday in Chase Center, This will be the second game in the first round in this matchup, game 1 ended in a 123-107 warriors win with Poole shining in that game with 30 points (highest in the game). Steph Curry came off the bench last time but he is expect to start this one from the beginning.

Denver Nuggets didn't have their best performance last game which was on Saturday with 46% shooting from the field poor 31% shooting from the 3 in this game. Jokic had a double double with 25 points and 10 rebounds but he wasn't at his best in this game Shooting 0/4 from the 3 and 12/25 from the field. M. Porter Jr. And Jamal Murray are still out for this game and likely for the whole series as well.

Golden State Warriors had a perfect game from the start to finish in both ends of the floor vs Denver, Warriors shot 45% from the 3 and 52% from the field And out rebounded the Nuggets 41-35. Jordan Poole was the best player in the game with a 30 points on 69% shooting from the field and 71% shooting from the 3. Steph Curry played off the bench last game with his first game back from the injury and he will start this time while James Wiseman is still out for the Warriors.

Trends

Denver are 2-5 ATS last 7 games.

Denver games have gone Over in 10 of last 14 games this season.

Denver are 2-4 straight up last 6 games.

Denver games have gone Over in 5 of last 6 road games.

Warriors are 6-1 ATS last 7 games.

Warriors games have gone Under in 10 of last 15 games played Vs Denver.

Warriors are 6-0 straight up last 6 games.

Warriors games have gone Over in 4 of last 6 games as favourites.

Head to Head

Last 10 games between the Warriors and Nuggets are 5-5 straight up for both teams however Golden state have covered 7-3 ATS in those 10 games. First playoffs game ended in a 123-107 Golden State win at home so the Warriors covered and game went Over the total, the O/U is 4-6 to the Under with Denver averaging 109.8 and Golden State averaging 114.7 points a game.

Prediction

First game was a one sided game most of the time but warriors still only won by 16 and I think the Nuggets will be better in this game as Jokic wasn't at his best in that last game even though he was the highest scoring player for Denver, Jordan Poole had a great night with 30 points game and will be essential for the Warriors in the upcoming games but I like the Nuggets to keep it close this time withing 7 points and possibly win if they play better so give me the Nuggets plus the points here.

Pick: Denver Nuggets +7 (-110)

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