San Antonio Spurs Meets Denver Nuggets AT San Antonio
In order to take on the Spurs, the Denver Nuggets will head to San Antonio this weekend. As the Nuggets will have to play both the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs this week, they are in a tough part of their schedule. On the season, the Spurs currently sport the best record in the NBA at 32-6. At 21-16, the Nuggets have had a solid season as well.
As both of these teams are known for being high scoring teams, this game should feature a lot of points. By scoring more than 106 points per game, the Nuggets have the second best offense in the NBA. At 105 points per game, the Spurs have the 4th best offense in the NBA.
In spite of the fact that many of their players are aging, the Spurs have found a way to improve their team. It has stifled many of the top teams in the league; they have a great interior defense that may be trouble for the Nuggets.
Nuggets’ bench scoring will be the key for them. Even though their team truly becomes elite when their bench players come in and put a lot of points on the board, they have some great scorers in their starting five.
As the Nuggets have one of the worst defenses in the NBA, The Spurs should be able to score at will against the Nuggets. Even though the Nuggets do have the tools to take this one from the Spurs, the Spurs will definitely be favored in this game.
Friday Clash Between Los Angeles Lakers And Chicago Bulls
On Friday, in a battle of NBA rivals the Los Angeles Lakers will travel to Chicago to lock horn with the Chicago Bulls.
For this matchup NBA Odds have not yet been posted.
This road trip will be vital for the Lakers as they have gone through a bit of a drought after their fast start. Leading by a hot shooting Shannon Brown, the Lakers defeated the Bulls in Los Angeles just before Thanksgiving 98-91 and in the victory Brown nailed five three pointers.
This season after a four game losing streak, the Los Angeles Lakers have dropped six games. In spite of losing a step over the last few years Kobe Bryant is still the heart and soul of this team. For each game, Bryant is averaging over 26 points. “Kobe runs the offense on the floor and Phil Jackson runs the triangle defense,” Ron Artest told Dan Patrick on his show Monday.
As the teams point guard Derrick Rose is leading the Chicago Bulls. Rose is the general on the floor for Chicago as he is averaging just less than 25 points per game. With their defense the Bulls are winning and in opposition to the Lakers they lead their Central Division standings going into this game. Even though they are out rebounding all but two NBA teams, they are 15th in scoring.
Carlos Boozer who has been hobbled for a while now is a key injury to watch for this week for the Chicago Bulls. The oft injured Bynum may again miss the most of the regular season, so the Los Angeles Lakers are still without their big man. The Lakers need the big man to clog up the middle as their losing streak last week shows.
Phoenix Suns take on Sacramento Kings on Friday
The Sacramento Kings and the Phoenix Suns, Pacific division rivals, both struggling out of the gate, square off Friday in Phoenix. This got be an exciting match up for basketball betting lines fans.
For both teams in early October, the teams last met in the NBA preseason opener, when Tyreke Evans scored 26 points to lead the Kings to a 109-95 victory over the Suns.
Phoenix is 3-4 SU and Sacramento is 3-3-0 SU this season.
At online sportsbooks closer to game time, NBA Betting Odds for this divisional matchup will be available.
The game marked the NBA debut of DeMarcus Cousins, who netted 16 points and hauled down 16 rebounds for Sacramento and the fifth overall pick in the draft after playing just one season at Kentucky.
For the Kings, they outscored Phoenix 29-15 in the fourth quarter. Both Marcus Landry and Omri Casspi had 11 points; Jason Thompson had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Robin Lopez had 15 points and Jason Richardson scored 17 for Phoenix, which led by as many as 12 points in the first half. Hakim Warrick added 11 points and Jared Dudley scored 13.
The Suns were second and went to the NBA Western Finals, while the Kings are probably not as upset with their start as the Suns, as Sacramento finished with a 25-57 record last season, last in the division.
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