The Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 25.10.2022;
Kick-Off – 03:00 UK;
Venue – Moda Center (39.393);
City – Portland, Oregon, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3.5) for Trail Blazers – 3.33.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 223 – 1.668.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Quarter Points Over 57 – 1.91.
The Nuggets go almost unbeaten and not long ago defeated the champions on their home court, which gives them an extra chance of success. In all likelihood, the Nuggets will be able to compete on equal footing in some episodes, but will not succeed.
Both clubs are looking pretty convincing at the start of the regular season and their encounter promises to be entertaining and attacking. Both teams will try to extend their winning streaks with an emphasis on attack.
In Denver’s last four away matches, more than 57 points have been scored in the first quarter.
The Trail Blazers are the second club in the Western Conference. Portland won their third match in a row.
This time, the Blazers outscored the LA Lakers (106-104). The team’s biggest contribution to the win came from Damian Lillard. He scored 41 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Blazers previously defeated the Sacramento Kings (115-108) and Phoenix Suns (113-111).
The Blazers are averaging 46 rebounds and 17 assists per game this season.
The Denver Nuggets are 9th in the West. After a sensational win over the Golden State Warriors (128-123), another win followed.
The Nuggets defeated the OKC Thunder (122-117). Michael Porter scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist for Denver.
Earlier, the team lost their season opener to the Utah Jazz (102-123).
The Nuggets are averaging 40.7 rebounds and 28 assists per game this season.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Portland Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard – Anfernee Simons – Josh Hart – Jerami Grant – Jusuf Nurkić.
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – Aaron Gordon – Michael Porter Jr. – Nikola Jokić.
Gary Payton II (Out), Trendon Watford (Out) and Olivier Sarr (Out) are listed as injured for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Only Collin Gillespie (Out) is listed as injured for the Denver Nuggets.
In four previous head-to-head meetings, the Trail Blazers have been stronger three times in the first quarter. We offer to bet on “Trail Blazers to win 1st Quarter” with odds of 2.40.
The fixture will be played at Moda Center (39.393) in Portland, Oregon, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 25th of October, 2022, at 03:00 UK Time.
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