The Denver Nuggets have lost three straight games and their effort on the court is questionable at times. The 76ers have won four straight games and are ready to challenge The Nuggets.
Philadelphia has won four straight against Sacramento (117-104), LA Lakers (118-104), Chicago (109-97) and Cleveland (132-129). The 76ers had lost seven straight before their winning stretch of games started. Their most recent loss came to The Nuggets in Denver on Jan 21st (109-144). Both Paul George and Joel Embiid will miss the game tonight. Embiid has now missed 14 straight games.
Philadelphia has a record of 19 wins and 27 losses. Currently they are just one position behind the last play-in slot. The 76ers home record is nine wins and 13 losses. Guerschon Ybayseler. The Fremncghamnwhonkomned th teamfrom Real Madrid in the offseason have been playing great of late. That goes for Adam Bona too. The head coach Nick Nurse is satisfied with the level of defense the 76ers have had recently.
The Nuggets have lost three straight games on the road to Minnesota (104-133), Chicago (121-129) and The New York Knicks (112-122). Before these three losses, the Nuggets had won 12 out of their last 15 games. The Nuggets are 2-8 versus the top four teams in both conferences. That's not good enough for a franchise that views themselves as a contender. The Nuggets reinserted Aaron Gordon to the starting five against the Knicks. Christian Braun was moved to the bench. Russel Westbrook is still with the starters due to his on-court chemistry with Nikola Jokic.
Jokic is having one of the best individual seasons ever in the NBA. That is on the offensive end of the floor. Nikola does not care too much on the defensive end of the floor and has received some criticism for it too. A part of the problem is the lack of defenders on the roster for Denver. With Murray, Porter Jr and Jokic on the floor while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is no longer with the team, the defense will always be bad, more or less.
PHILADELPHIA VS DENVER
1.55
TOTAL (INCL OVERTIME) - OVER 227.5