Denver Nuggets vs Golden State Warriors Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/22/26

Nikola Jokic and co. finally got their act together and demolished the Portland Trail Blazers 157-103, winning their 21st road game of the season. They’re looking to connect back-to-back wins for the first time in the month of February, going up against the shorthanded Warriors. They’ve dominated this match-up in large part over the past several seasons, winning 10 of the last 12 games and 4 of the last 6 at Chase Center. Not having the likes of Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, Aaron Gordon and potentially Jamal Murray will make life difficult, but as long as Joker is playing I am not too concerned.

What I am concerned with, at least from the Warriors’ perspective is the fact that Stephen Curry remains out. When he doesn’t play they’re a mediocre team at 6-11 SU in 17 games played, on top of that they could also be without their newest addition Kristaps Porzingis who is unable to consistently stay out there on the court. In their first game after the break the Warriors got smacked by the Celtics at home, being down as much as 34 points at one point. The offense without Steph is too stagnant and forces too many three point shots, it’s hard to win against elite teams playing this way.

Denver dominated the most recent meeting 129-104 in a game in which the Warriors had Jimmy Butler available. With him and Steph gone this is a lottery team at best, if the Nuggets take this game seriously, which I expect them to do, this should be one of the easier picks on Sunday night. Take Denver.

Denver Nuggets vs Golden State Warriors Predictions: Nuggets -5.5 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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