NBA Picks & Predictions for Tuesday, April 5, 2011
By Anthony Rome
(The Spread) – Two teams that could be seeing a lot more of each other over these next couple of months will square off tonight on the hardwood.
Oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL.com have made the Nuggets 4.5-point favorites over the Thunder, while the over/under total is currently sitting at 202.5 points. Tipoff for tonight’s game is at 9:00PM ET.
The Thunder enter Tuesday night’s contest with a 50-26 overall record and are 22-16 on the road this year. According to latest NBA trends, they’re 39-36-1 against the spread this season and 20-18 ATS on the road.
The Nuggets head into tonight’s game with a 47-29 overall record and are 31-7 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. They’re 40-32-4 against the number overall this season and 19-16-3 ATS at home.
NBA Free Pick: The Nuggets and Thunder will face each other tonight and in Oklahoma City on Friday. It also appears that the two will meet in the first-round of the playoffs when the postseason starts in a couple of weeks. Denver is red-hot, winning six in a row after collecting a victory against the Lakers on Sunday. Danilo Gallinari scored 22 points and Kenyon Martin had 18 points and eight boards to lead the Nuggets, who own the NBA’s longest current winning streak. The favorite is 4-1 in the last five meetings between these two teams and the home squad is 4-1 ATS in the last five overall games. Take the en fuego Nuggets.
TUESDAY NBA FREE PICK: DENVER NUGGETS –4.5