Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 1/13/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: TNT

The Portland Trail Blazers (16-24) are en route to Ball Arena on Thursday where they will take on the Denver Nuggets (20-19).

The Trail Blazers played the Nets and walked away with a win by a score of 114-108 in their last game. In regard to fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 17 while the Nets accumulated 15 fouls. They converted 12 out of their 32 tries from distance. Brooklyn walked away from this one shooting 80.0% from the charity stripe by burying 12 of their 15 shots. In addition, Brooklyn grabbed 30 rebounds (12 offensive, 18 defensive) and added 9 blocks. Brooklyn dished out 42 assists and had 23 steals in this matchup. In relation to defense, Portland allowed their opponent to shoot 46.2% from the field on 42 out of 91 shooting. They also distributed 23 assists in the game while forcing the other team into 6 turnovers and having 8 steals. In regard to rebounding, they collected 47 with 11 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers converted 19 of 26 attempts for a percentage of 73.1%. Portland wrapped up the contest having earned a 46.5% field goal percentage (40 of 86) and buried 15 of their 38 three-point attempts.

Robert Covington is a guy who was a major contributor for the contest. Covington walked away from this one shooting 66.7% from the floor and distributed 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 34 minutes and also collected 4 rebounds. He accounted for 21 points on 6 of 9 shooting.

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Portland will enter this matchup with a record of 16-24 on the season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.7 times per contest and as a team they are committing 19.9 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Portland is grabbing 43.9 rebounds per game and has earned 907 assists on the campaign, which is 24th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 35.8% on shots from downtown (544 of 1,518) and 78.2% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 108.8 points per game (14th in the league) while connecting on 44.7% from the floor.

On the defensive end of the court, the Trail Blazers are able to force 13.2 turnovers per game and they draw 19.9 personal fouls. They rank 22nd in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,028 conceded on the season. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 47.7% (1,650 of 3,462) and they concede 43.3 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are surrendering 37.6% on 3-point attempts while they are 26th in basketball in PPG allowed (112.5).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Nuggets took a loss by a final score of 87-85 when they faced the Clippers. The Nuggets recorded 43 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 56 for this contest. They also gave up possession 19 times, while getting 4 steals for the matchup. The Clippers were called for 9 personal fouls in this game which took the Nuggets to the charity stripe for a total of 20 shots. They were able to bury 17 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 85.0%. In regard to shooting from beyond the arc, Denver buried 4 of their 33 attempts (12.1%). In all, the Nuggets finished the game shooting 32 for 80 from the floor which had them shooting 40.0%. The Nuggets allowed the Clippers to make 34 of their 84 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 40.5% in this game. They finished shooting 29.4% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 10 out of 34 and walked away from this one shooting 9 of 12 from the free throw line (75.0%). In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Denver permitted Los Angeles to pull down 28 in total (3 on the offensive side).

Aaron Gordon pitched in for the Nuggets for this contest. He knocked down 11 of 16 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 68.8%, and earned 12 rebounds. Gordon totaled 30 points in his 35 minutes on the court and tallied 1 assist in this matchup.

Denver has a win-loss record of 20-19 this year. The Nuggets have committed 19.1 personal fouls per game and they go 76.3% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 25.9 times per game (5th in basketball) and they are giving up possession 14.1 times per game. Denver has scored 4,117 pts for the season (105.6 per game) and they average 43.4 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Nuggets are hitting on 46.2% from the floor, which is ranked 11th in basketball.

The Nuggets on the defensive side of the court are 9th in the NBA in points allowed per contest with 105.6. They are forcing their opponents into 13.4 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.1% from the field (21st in basketball). The Denver defense allows 33.9% from downtown (454 of 1,341) and opponents are connecting on 75.2% of their foul shots. They have conceded 24.1 dimes and 43.7 total boards per game, which is 16th and 10th in the NBA.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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