The Toronto Raptors are on the road at the Denver Nuggets on Monday In National Basketball Association action. The Toronto Raptors are coming off an overtime loss on the road at Portland. Toronto is now 23-41 on the season. The Raptors are 10-22 away from home.
The Denver Nuggets are coming into this game at 44-20 on the season. The Nuggets are coming off a blowout win at home over the Jazz. Denver is now 26-6 when playing at home. The Nuggets are in a battle with Oklahoma City Minnesota for the top of the West.
In this game, the Denver Nuggets are -13.5 over the Raptors. The total for this game is 225.5.
Raptors Struggling to Defend
DeAndre Ayton was too tough to slow down in the overtime loss on Saturday. The loss for Toronto was their fifth in the last six games. In each of their last five losses, the Raptors have allowed 120 or more in each game. That is not good when you average 114.2 points per game on the season.
The top scorer for the Raptors has been RJ Barrett. He came over from New York in one of the trades the Raptors made. Pascal Siakam and Dennis Schroder are both guys that were leading in scoring, before being dealt. Barrett is scoring 20.6 points per game, while Scottie Barnes is second with 19.9 per game. Barnes is out with an injury.
The Toronto Raptors will remain on the road for a game Wednesday at Detroit. After a trip home to take on the Magic, they will go to Orlando for the back end of a back to back. Then on March 20th, the Raptors will host the Sacramento Kings.
Nuggets Looking to Stay Hot
It was a big night for Denver on Saturday, as they scored 142 points in the win. It was the eighth win in their last nine games for the Nuggets. In the win, Jamal Murray led the way with 37 points. The Nuggets saw six players score double digits in the game. Nikola Jokic was second with 26 points.
Denver is scoring 114.4 points per game. The Nuggets are 9th in team rebounding, with just under 45 per game. Denver’s getting 12.3 rebounds per game from Jokic, while Janal Murray leads the team with 6.5 assists per game.
For the Denver Nuggets, they are on the road for their next four games, The Nuggets are at the Miami Heat on Wednesday, before trips to San Antonio, Dallas and Minnesota. On March 21st, the Nuggets will host the New York Knicks.
Nuggets Top Raptors
Denver is going to win this game. Back home, a talented team, as the end of the regular season starts to get closer and closer – the Nuggets start picking it up. Denver is too talented for the Raptors to hang in for this game.
The Nuggets eventually win the game by 15+ over the Toronto Raptors. Our final bet for this game is the Denver Nuggets -13.5 over the Toronto Raptors on Monday in the NBA!
