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DEN Nuggets -7.5(-110)

Reasoning

A total of 2 wins in 15 games played, a league worst -13.2 Net Rating, the 2nd worst defensive efficiency (121.5) and the 3rd worst offensive efficiency (108.3). That pretty much sums up the Brooklyn Nets since the calendar year 2026 started. This team clearly isn’t focused on winning right now, aside from a couple of occasions where they’ve caused teams issues, they are losing games by double-digits on most nights. One of the teams they caused problems to are the Denver Nuggets who they beat 127-115 at the beginning of January, that’s one of the two wins they’ve recorded this year. Michael Porter Jr. got his revenge in that game with 27 points, he was helped by 5 other Nets who scored in double-figures.

I’m hoping Denver has learned a thing or two from that defeat, losing the regular season series to arguably the worst team in the league is simply not an option. Nikola Jokic wasn’t available in the first meeting, he’s been missing for a while now and the team has been able to stay afloat despite all the turbulence along the way. Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon also remain out, while Jonas Valanciunas and Jamal Murray are both game time decisions. Having Murray would make picking the Nuggets a lot easier here, he’s been enjoying an All-Star type of season putting up a career high 25.9 points per game.

Denver enters this one having won 8 of 12 games, while the Nets are on a streak of 8 consecutive road defeats. After the tight defeat against the Pistons, I’m of the opinion that the Nuggets won’t take this match-up lightly. The loss in the first meeting was a warning in itself, even if Murray doesn’t play I expect them to even things out with a big win here. Go with the home team.

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DET Pistons -4.0(-110)

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Despite making just 6 threes the Pistons celebrated a big win over the Denver Nuggets on the road in their last game. That’s one of the strengths of this team, the three-point shot isn’t as crucial to some teams and they’re capable of locking down opponents to win games. They might need to display a similar performance on Thursday when they head to Phoenix for a date with the Suns. Aside from Caris LeVert the health situation is pretty good in Detroit, with their big name superstar Cade Cunningham playing and producing at a high level. The last 10 meetings have seen the Pistons win only twice, but with so much momentum on their side (4 wins in 5 road games) this is a really good chance to reverse that trend.

The main concern of the Suns ahead of this game is of course the absence of Devin Booker who is out with an ankle injury. In 6 games without him they’ve won just twice this season, with their offensive efficiency numbers plummeting in those games. Dillon Brooks has done his best to fill in the gaps, but as we saw in their last game they could barely beat the Brooklyn Nets at home. In 21 games at the Mortgage Matchup Center the Suns have only 6 losses to their name, that record will be put to the test for sure on Thursday. Their three-point shot has gone ice-cold as well with just 11, 7 and 5 threes made in the last 3 outings.

If we look only at head-to-head metrics, most of the numbers are on the Suns’ side here. However, at the moment Detroit is in far better shape. The absence of Booker and a consistent three-point shot will be too much to overcome against the East leading Pistons here. Cade and co. have 6 wins in 7 games, make it 7 of 8 after Thursday’s clash.

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