Nets vs Nuggets

Brooklyn enters the game on a 2-game losing streak, hoping to bring some of that magic they had with them when they beat the Nuggets a week-plus ago. It's not ...

[signed]Moses Brown on Friday and he will provide some backup minutes so Claxton can take some load off of his shoulders. We’ve also seen clips of him struggling in pick-and-roll coverage, so look for teams to try and take full advantage of that when all the chips are on the line. Claxton has another big week ahead of him as he faces some more elite competition in the frontcourt. Denver Nuggets (47-24) It’s not an impossible task, considering that the Nuggets are much more beatable on the road; but it would be quite the feat to topple the Nuggs twice within a few weeks time. On the other side, teams are shooting 50.8% against him when he defends them.

We go over some of the best betting options for Sunday's matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Brooklyn Nets.

Both teams are in a bit of a funk and are struggling to score, so the under is the play Sunday afternoon. Take the Nets to cover. The Nets covered the spread in six straight games before failing to cover in their last two. The Nuggets are still at the top of the West despite losing five of their last six games, while the Nets are on a two-game losing streak. Denver is -125 on the moneyline, while Brooklyn is +105. Update: Everyone is in for the Nuggets, who are now 2.5-point favorites in this game.

The Nuggets have ruled out Collin Gillespie and Jack White. Meanwhile, the Nets will be without Dru Smith, Ben Simmons and David Duke Jr.

Michael Porter Jr. flies in to crash the offensive glass and throws down an emphatic putback dunk over the back of Nikola Jokic. By ...

[Cameron Johnson](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3138196/cameron-johnson) scored 14 points but was 1 for 6 behind the arc. ... [Zeke Nnaji](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431690/zeke-nnaji), who didn't play in the 16 games after spraining his right shoulder, had four points and five rebounds in his first appearance since Feb. [Bruce Brown](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065670/bruce-brown), who spent the previous two seasons with the Nets, was cheered after a video tribute following the first quarter. had 28 points and nine rebounds, and the [Denver Nuggets](http://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/den/denver-nuggets) beat the [Brooklyn Nets](http://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/bkn/brooklyn-nets) 108-102 on Sunday. Malone told his players that when he was a Knicks assistant, they would feast on teams who stayed out too late in the city the night before a day game. Murray knocked down consecutive 3-pointers to finish a 10-0 run that pushed a three-point lead to 25-12 and his final basket of the first quarter made it 33-21. [Nikola Jokic](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic) had 22 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in his 28th triple-double of the season, [Michael Porter Jr](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr). He was disappointed that the Nuggets let a 20-point lead after three quarters get cut to 100-93 with 3:44 to play. [Jamal Murray](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray) scored 20 of his 25 points in the first quarter for the Nuggets, who looked nothing like the slumping team that had dropped five of six. [https://apnews.com/hub/NBA](https://apnews.com/hub/NBA) and [https://twitter.com/AP--Sports](https://twitter.com/AP--Sports) ... [Seth Curry](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2326307/seth-curry) made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points. [Mikal Bridges](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges) scored 23 points and [Nic Claxton](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton) had 19 for the Nets, who have lost three straight as they try to hold onto a top-six seed and a guaranteed postseason spot in the Eastern Conference.

Mikal Bridges' Brooklyn Nets (39-31) are just 2-point underdogs in Sunday's matchup with Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets (47-24). A point total of 228.

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