Nuggets vs Raptors

F O.G. Anunoby; C Jakob Poeltl; G Scottie Barnes; G Fred VanVleet. Denver Nuggets: F Michael Porter Jr. F Aaron Gordon; C Nikola Jokic; G Kentavious Caldwell- ...

- F O.G. Denver: Vlatko Cancar (wrist) is questionable. (two-way contract), Ron Harper Jr.

The Denver Nuggets are looking to continue their dominance at home on Monday night against the Toronto Raptors, who have won seven of their last 10.

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Get live streaming info, TV channel, game time, and head-to-head stats for the Denver Nuggets vs. Toronto Raptors game on Monday, March 6, 2023.

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The Raptors visit the Nuggets on Monday night as we continue our NBA odds series with a Raptors-Nuggets prediction, pick, and how to watch.

The X-factor for the Nuggets tonight is forward Michael Porter Jr. Thanks to his efforts, Denver holds an incredible 69% cover rate at home this season – the best mark in the league. The Nuggets bring strong play on both sides of the ball as they rank 10th in points allowed (112.6 PPG) and fifth in points per game (117.1 PPG). Those extra passes lead to a ton of open looks as they rank first in both three-point percentage and overall shooting percentage. That is about the only positive aspect of the Toronto offense as they rank in the bottom five in overall and three-point field goal percentage. The two have matched up 11 times since 2020 and that experience could be critical in Toronto’s plans to contain the reigning MVP tonight. The 7’1″ big has been solid in his return to Toronto, averaging 15.1 PPG and 8.9 RPG. The 28-year-old continues to improve year after year as he has set a career-high in scoring this season while maintaining an efficient 48% field goal percentage. Siakam leads the team with 24.8 PPG and 7.7 RPG in addition to 6.0 APG. Additionally, Toronto excels at forcing turnovers as they do so at the highest rate in the league. The Raptors covered 49% of their games while 55% went over the projected point total. [Toronto Raptors](/nba/toronto-raptors) (32-33) visit the [Denver Nuggets](/nba/denver-nuggets) (45-19) on Monday night!

Find out how Action Network's analysts are betting two of Monday night's matchup, including 76ers vs. Pacers, Raptors vs. Nuggets.

[Joe Dellera](https://www.actionnetwork.com/article/author/joe-dellera): Since the Raptors have acquired Jakob Poeltl in the trade with the Spurs, they are allowing opponents to shoot 42.1% from 3-point range. One beneficiary of this is Jamal Murray and his 3-point prop is set at 2.5 and 4+ is juiced to +175. [Matt Moore](https://www.actionnetwork.com/article/author/matt-moore): The Raptors are 11-9 ATS as a road dog this season, but have only been a dog of more than six twice (1-1 ATS). That would leave only a two-point difference for home court (to get to that -6 number), despite plenty of evidence this season that the Nuggets thrive at home. One of the Raptors’ biggest strengths is their ability to get second chance points, but Denver is an elite defensive rebounding team. Toronto’s lack of bench strength is another issue as that continues to be a Denver weak spot. With Embiid in the lineup, the 76ers are likely to play more drop-coverage, which is not a recipe for success when going up against this 3- point happy Pacers team. The Raptors, on the other hand, have been poor away from home 12-20 overall and 13-19 against the spread. The 76ers dominated in the halfcourt with a 106.1 Offensive Rating (74th percentile), while the Pacers excelled in transition where they averaged 155.0 points per transition play. [Chris Baker](https://www.actionnetwork.com/article/author/chris-baker): These two teams played back on Jan. Kings](https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/pelicans-vs-kings-odds-pick-prediction-preview-nba-march-6-2023) (10 p.m. Heat](https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/hawks-vs-heat-odds-pick-prediction-preview-nba-march-6-2023) (7:30 p.m.

With just 28.3 seconds remaining in their loss to the Nuggets, Raptors forward Scottie Barnes was ejected by referee Scott Foster.

Foster replied, "he was ejected on one technical foul because he used verbiage which directly questioned the integrity of the crew." In the postgame press conference, Barnes said of the ejection: "I was just saying something to myself and I guess he took offense to it and took me out the game." Get out!" Scottie Barnes was ejected for the first time in his career on this play in the final seconds of the game.— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) Get out! With just 30 seconds remaining in the Raptors game against the Nuggets, Scottie Barnes was ejected for the first time in his career.

DENVER (AP) Jamal Murray scored 24 points, Michael Porter Jr. had 20 and the Denver Nuggets scored the last six points of the game to pull out a 118-113 ...

The Raptors led by as many as 10 points in the first half but Denver closed the second quarter with a 7-0 run to pull to 61-58 at the break. We were down the whole game but we stayed with it.” The Raptors finished with more second-chance points (20) than the Nuggets (14) and maintained a lead for most of the game. But the Raptors fought back to take an 88-83 lead into the fourth quarter and led 101-93 when Siakam converted a hook shot with 7:08 left to play. We did what we had to do and I think that’s part of the reason we’re so successful; just move on to the next game and take care of business.” Murray converted a free throw in that final stretch after Scottie Barnes was called for a technical following a foul by Jakob Poeltl and ejected by referee Scott Foster. Aaron Gordon added 19 points for the Nuggets, who won their ninth in a row at home.