{"id":6202,"date":"2009-10-29T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nba-odds-nuggets-vs-trail-blazers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-29T06:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T11:46:00","slug":"nba-odds-nuggets-vs-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nba-odds-nuggets-vs-trail-blazers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Odds: Nuggets vs Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The division rival Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers are set to renew hostilities on Thursday when they meet at Rose Garden. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nuggets got off to a slow start but roared back in the second half for a 114-105 victory over the Jazz on Wednesday. The Nuggets covered the 5.5-point spread, while the 219 points made it OVER the posted total of 209. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Carmelo Anthony led the way with 30 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Chauncey Billups added 25 in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Travis Outlaw drained 23 points off the bench to lead the Trail Blazers past the Rockets 96-87 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 8.5-point home favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 185-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <br \/>Portland: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Memphis are 7-3<br \/>After playing Utah are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Portland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Houston are 5-5<br \/>After playing Houston are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Denver&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Portland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Portland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Denver&#8217;s last 13 games on the road<br \/>Denver is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games when playing Portland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Portland is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Denver<br \/>Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 1<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 31<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The division rival Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers are set to renew hostilities on Thursday when they meet at Rose Garden. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Nuggets got off to a slow start but roared back in the second half for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nba-odds-nuggets-vs-trail-blazers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Odds: Nuggets vs Trail Blazers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}