basketball | Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:58 AM

Denver Nuggets vs Phoenix Suns Best Bet: Nuggets Teke Back the Lead

Aleksa Drobnjak

Denver Nuggets vs Phoenix Suns Best Bet: Tuesday, May 9th

The series is going back to Colorado since the Suns managed to neutralize the inhuman performance by Nikola Jokic in game 4 and clinch the win to tie the series up to 2-2. This is going to be another high-scoring matchup tonight as both teams showed they don’t lack offensive production.

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Denver Nuggets vs Phoenix Suns Best Bet

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Both of the wins for the Nuggets were big blowouts, they are one of the best home-court teams in the league. The biggest question for tonight was if Nikola Jokic will be suspended after he elbowed the Suns’ owner in game 4. The most recent news feed shows that Jokic will be ready to play tonight and he will only be fined a certain amount.

The Nuggets’ bench was a key factor in the beginning of the series, scoring 50+ points in the first two games and outsourcing the Suns’ bench by an average margin of 18. Jokic and Murray are coming off amazing performances which weren’t enough in Arizona, but on home court with this kind of production, we are expecting the Nuggets to win. The Nuggets will be missing T. Gillespie due to a foot injury tonight.

The Suns managed to bounce back in the series and tie it up, mainly on the wings of K. Durant and D. Booker who combined for 70+ and 80+ in games 3 and 4 respectively. Chris Paul’s absence is felt and the Suns are concentrating on isolation offence mainly in the last two games with many three-point shots, they were known as the team that shot the least amount of threes.

Denver Nuggets vs Phoenix Suns Best Bet

The spread is bouncing between -4.5 and +5.5 with Pinnacle favoring the Nuggets by 4.5 points as the main bookie for NBA playoffs, we expect the Nuggets to make another statement victory at home and acquire the first “match point”. The Nuggets also won last 6 games at home against the Suns with an average margin of 8 points while the first two games of the series were already mentioned blowouts.