The San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets duke it out in Game 1 at the Pepsi Center on Saturday night.
The San Antonio Spurs completed the regular season strong as they won 15 of their last 20 games to complete with the seventh seed. LaMarcus Aldrige played 81 games this season and drove the group with averages of 21.3 points and 9.2 bounce back per amusement, DeMar DeRozan averaged 21.2 points with 6.0 bounce back and 6.0 assists while Rudy Gay averaged 13.7 points and 6.8 bounce back. The Spurs were managed an unfeeling blow when they lost their beginning point guard Dejounte Murray for the season, however they’ve done well with Bryn Forbes, Derrick White and Patty Mills forming a three-man rotation.
In the interim, the Denver Nuggets were living it up on the Western Conference standings for the greater part of the season, yet they lost four of their last seven games of the ordinary season to surrender the top seed to the Warriors. Nikola Jokic led the group with averages of 20.1 points, 10.8 bounce back and 7.3 assists per diversion, Jamal Murray averaged 18.2 points and 4.8 assists per amusement while Paul Millsap completed the season solid to complete with averages of 12.6 points and 7.2 bounce back per amusement. Rising stars Gary Harris and Will Barton were both anticipated to make the next step in their improvement this season, however they’ve been stopped by wounds as they missed a consolidated 64 diversions.
Taking a gander at the betting trends, the Spurs are 5-2-1 ATS in their last eight street diversions, 4-1-1 ATS in their last six games against a group with a triumphant record and 2-6 ATS in their last eight amusements overall. The Nuggets are 6-2 ATS in their last eight games playing on two days rest, 2-5 ATS in their last seven home amusements and 0-7 ATS in their last seven Conference Quarterfinals diversions.
Head to head, the road team is 28-13 ATS in the last 41 meetings, the under is 4-0 in the last four meetings and the Spurs are 21-8 ATS in the last 29 meetings in Denver.
The Nuggets are the more skilled group with loftier goals for these playoffs, yet the Spurs indeed demonstrated that they’re a contender regardless of who they have accessible. These two squads met four time this season with the series completing at 2-2, yet the Nuggets are merited top choices at home where they’ve been difficult to beat all season. Nonetheless, the Spurs are 21-8 ATS in the last 29 meetings in Denver.