The best way to place a bet here is on the Nuggets to cover the spread in this game.

The Nuggets will use this 1st game to make a statement against the Suns as they take a series lead and try to sweep their first 2 home games of the series. The Nuggets were not only great in home games, but they have the added advantage of playing in altitude so it is really tough to beat this team on their home court. It’s hard to feel too confident about the state of this Phoenix. The Suns have been getting a lot better in their games as Kevin Durant plays more in the lineup but this is still a Suns team that was only 17-24 in road games this season while the Nuggets were 34-7 in their home games. At 230.5, this total is the largest on the board for the five-game Christmas Day slate. See odds, spreads, over/unders and more from multiple sportsbooks in this article for. The Nuggets took out the Timberwolves in the 1st round and they looked really good in all of those games. The Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets are playing in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, with Game 3 on tap. The Suns were able to breeze by the Clippers after that but they are going to have a much tougher challenge in this series against the healthy Nuggets who were the number 1 seed in the West. Both of these teams ended their series in the 1st round in 5 games but the Suns were very fortunate to face a Clippers team that was missing their 2 best players by the end of the series. This is game 1 of a 7-game series between the 1st seeded Nuggets and the 4th seeded Suns for the 2nd round of the playoffs in the NBA Western Conference. With this spread jumping from as low as Suns -4.5 to as high as -10, the market is telling us that Denver won’t have the services of center Nikola Jokic.

The current betting odds have the Nuggets listed as a 2.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook.

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