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Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The fans at Smoothie King Center will be treated to a game between the Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Pelicans when they take their seats on Friday.
Oddsmakers opened the Nuggets as -2.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 230.
New Orleans won its last outing, a 128-111 result against the Lakers on March 23. The Pelicans covered in that game as a -6-point favorite, while the 239 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Denver was a 135-111 loser in its last match on the road against the Raptors. They failed to cover the -1.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 246 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Denver:
Team record: 26-18 SU,20-24 ATS
Denver is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver's last 6 games
Denver is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
New Orleans:
Team record: 19-24 SU,20-23 ATS
New Orleans is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
New Orleans is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 16 of New Orleans's last 21 games
Next up:
Denver home to Atlanta Sunday, March 28
New Orleans home to Dallas Saturday, March 27