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Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggets: Can the Thunder stay undefeated?
The Denver Nuggets are hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder today at Ball Arena.
The Thunder are off to a perfect start
The Oklahoma City Thunder are on top of the Western Conference with a 7-0 record, including 4-0 on the road. They are coming off a 102-86 win over the Orlando Magic. The Thunder are the best defensive team in the league allowing only 95.9 points per game on 39% shooting from the field. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the team with 26.5 points per game.
The Nuggets are struggling at the start of the season
The Denver Nuggets are 8th in the Western Conference with a 4-3 record, including 2-2 at home. The Nuggets won the last two games and are coming off a 121-119 win over the Toronto Raptors. Denver is seventh in the league scoring 117.3 points per game and is ranked tenth shooting 37.2% from three-point territory. Nikola Jokic leads the team averaging 29.8 points, 12.3 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game.
Betting Trends
The Nuggets are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games overall, 1-5 SU in their last 6 games and 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against teams form the Northwest Division. They are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall, 2-8 ATS in their last 10 home games and 0-8 ATS in their last 8 games against the Thunder. Denver has played over the total point line in their last 5 games overall and 5 of their last 6 games played in November and has played under in their last 6 games against the Thunder and 8 of their last 9 games played on Wednsesday. The Thunder are 7-0 SU in their last 7 games overall, 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against Devner, 14-4 SU in their last 18 games against teams from the Western Conference and 13-2 SU in their last 15 games against teams from the Northwest Division. Oklahoma City has played under the total point line in 11 of their last 15 games overall and 8 of their last 11 games as favorite.
Prediction and Conclusion
This is the second time this season these two teams are meeting after the Thunder won the season opener 102-87 in Denver. Three weeks later, the Thunder are still undefeated, and the Nuggets are struggling. They barely defeated the Toronto Raptors in the last one, and the Thunder are on a completely different level. OKC is the best team in the league and will use this opportunity to say that once again. Russell Westbrook will definitely be motivated to go against his former team, but he will not be much of a help, as the Thunder wins this by covering the -3.5-point spread.
