Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 3/4/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday, March 4, 2022

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: Altitude

The Houston Rockets (15-47) are on their way to Ball Arena on Friday where they will take on the Denver Nuggets (36-26).

The Rockets took the court against the Jazz and went home with a loss by a final score of 132-127 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Rockets walked away with 25 while the Jazz finished the game with 18 fouls. They converted 15 out of their 42 shots from three-point range. Utah shot 70.8% from the free throw line by knocking down 17 of 24 shots. Moreover, Utah collected 38 rebounds (11 offensive, 27 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Utah doled out 49 assists and had 32 steals for the matchup. In regard to defending, Houston allowed the other team to shoot 54.3% from the floor on 50 out of 92 shooting. They also recorded 27 dimes in this matchup as well as forcing 2 turnovers and earning 11 steals. In the matter of grabbing boards, they compiled 35 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Rockets converted 20 of their 30 attempts for a rate of 66.7%. Houston ended the game with a 50.0% FG percentage (43 of 86) and knocked down 21 out of their 51 3-pointers.

Christian Wood is a player who came through in this matchup. He finished with 24 points on 8 out of 13 shooting. He was on the court for 43 mins and also totaled 10 rebounds. Wood finished shooting 61.5% from the field and totaled 5 dimes.

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Houston heads into this game with a record of 15-47 this year. They lose possession via turnover 16.7 times per contest and as a group they commit 20.4 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Houston is grabbing 42.2 boards per contest and is sitting with 1,431 dimes this season, which ranks 23rd in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Rockets are connecting on 34.5% on shots from downtown (834 of 2,418) and 71.0% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 108.5 pts per game (19th in the league) while shooting 45.0% from the field.

Defensively, the Rockets have forced 14.2 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 22.4 fouls. They give up 35.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they rank 30th in the league in PPG allowed (118.0). The Rockets are giving up a FG percentage of 48.3% (2,680 of 5,547) and they concede 45.6 boards per game as a group. They are currently ranked 24th in the league in giving up assists with 1,583 surrendered so far this season.

For their last game, the Nuggets took a defeat with a final score of 119-107 when they faced the Thunder. The Nuggets earned 37 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards totaling 47 for the contest. They coughed up the ball 16 times, while recording 11 steals in the matchup. The Thunder were called for 14 fouls for the contest which took the Nuggets to the charity stripe for a total of 17 tries. They were able to make 15 of those for a percentage of 88.2%. In relation to shots from beyond the perimeter, Denver buried 12 of 46 attempts (26.1%). At the conclusion of this game, the Nuggets finished 40 for 90 from the field which had them shooting 44.4%. The Nuggets permitted the Thunder to convert 44 of their 87 tries from the field which had them sitting at 50.6% for this game. They finished 55.2% from beyond the perimeter by going 16 out of 29 and finished the contest at 15 out of 21 at the charity stripe (71.4%). In regard to attacking the glass, Denver permitted Oklahoma City to grab 41 in total (9 on the offensive side).

Nikola Jokic was important for the Nuggets for this game. He made 10 out of 17 for the contest for a field goal rate of 58.8%, and accumulated 16 rebounds. Jokic earned 22 points in his 33 minutes on the court and had 4 assists in this game.

Denver has a mark of 36-26 so far this year. As an offense, the Nuggets are shooting 47.4% from the floor, which is ranked 4th in the league. Denver has 6,847 points this season (110.4 per contest) and they snag 44.1 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 27.2 times per contest (4th in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 14.5 times per contest. The Nuggets are committing 19.4 fouls per game and they hit 79.2% from the charity stripe.

The Nuggets defensively are ranked 12th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 107.8. They are forcing 13.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 46.5% from the field (22nd in basketball). The Denver defense surrenders 33.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (716 of 2,123) and their opponents are making 75.3% of their foul shots. They have allowed 24.4 dimes and 42.7 boards every game, which is ranked 15th and 6th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston

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