Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 3/27/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: Altitude

The Phoenix Suns (42-30) are hitting the road to Ball Arena on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Denver Nuggets (51-21).

The Suns faced off with the Spurs and went home with a loss by a final score of 104-102 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Suns finished with 14 and the Spurs totaled 15 personal fouls. They also buried 8 of 31 shots from 3-point land. San Antonio walked away from this one shooting 84.2% from the free throw line by converting 16 of their 19 attempts. On top of that, San Antonio snagged 40 rebounds (5 offensive, 35 defensive) and added 7 rejections. San Antonio recorded 23 dimes and had 10 steals for this contest. When discussing the defense, Phoenix allowed 44.0% from the floor on 40 out of 91 shooting. They also recorded 28 assists in the game in addition to forcing 7 turnovers and earning 5 steals. Concerning getting rebounds, they earned 47 with 5 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Suns converted 8 of 14 shots for a percentage of 57.1%. Phoenix ended the contest having earned a 50.6% field goal percentage (42 out of 83) and buried 10 of their 28 shots from downtown.

Devin Booker is a guy who had an impact for the contest. He accumulated 36 points on 14 of 28 shooting. He saw the court for 40 mins and collected 6 rebounds. Booker shot 50.0% from the floor and totaled 4 assists.

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Phoenix comes into this matchup with a mark of 42-30 on the year. They currently have an average of 117.1 points per contest (10th in the league) on 49.6% from the field. The Suns are connecting on 38.1% on shots from 3-point land (878 of 2,306) and 80.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Phoenix is snagging 44.3 boards per game and is sitting with 1,944 dimes so far this season, which is 11th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 14.9 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 18.2 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Suns are forcing 12.5 turnovers per game and they draw 20.1 personal fouls. They are ranked 16th in basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,893 surrendered on the year. The Suns are allowing a FG percentage of 46.3% (3,042 of 6,568) and they surrender 41.3 boards per contest as a team. They concede 36.4% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 16th in the league in PPG allowed (114.1).

For their last game, the Nuggets walked away with a victory by a final of 128-103 when they played the Grizzlies. When discussing rebounding, Denver permitted Memphis to snag 40 in total (17 on the offensive side). They finished 25.0% from distance by shooting 11 out of 44 and walked away from this one shooting 18 out of 27 from the free throw line (66.7%). The Nuggets permitted the Grizzlies to bury 37 out of their 94 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.4% for this game. Overall, the Nuggets shot 48 for 90 from the floor which had them at 53.3%. When discussing shooting from 3-point land, Denver converted 15 out of their 32 tries (46.9%). They were able to bury 17 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 94.4%. The Grizzlies committed 15 fouls for the matchup which got the Nuggets to the free throw line for 18 shots. They turned the ball over 15 times, while recording 10 steals for this game. The Nuggets were able to snag 35 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards totaling 50 for the matchup.

Nikola Jokic ended up having an impact for the Nuggets in this game. He converted 11 of 18 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 61.1%, and had 11 rebounds. Jokic scored 29 points in his 31 mins of playing time and had 8 assists for this contest.

Denver has a mark of 51-21 this year. The Nuggets are committing 18.2 personal fouls every game and they hit 76.5% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 29.3 times per game (3rd in the NBA) and they cough up possession 12.6 times per game. Denver has totaled 8,268 points this year (114.8 per game) and they pull in 44.2 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Nuggets are hitting on 49.6% from the field, which is 5th in the league.

The Nuggets on the defensive end are ranked 7th in the NBA in PPG surrendered with 110.0. They have forced 12.3 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.4% from the floor (8th in the NBA). The Denver defense concedes 35.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (808 of 2,260) and their opponents are making 77.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They have allowed 25.6 assists and 42.1 rebounds per game, which is ranked 9th and 7th in the NBA.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Denver

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