The Denver Nuggets (45-19, 29-4 Home), one of the NBA’s top scoring teams, play host to the Toronto Raptors (32-33, 12-20 Away) on Monday. Toronto beat the Washington Wizards 116-109 in overtime at Capital One Arena on Saturday. With 26 points, Gary Trent Jr. was the leading scorer.
Fred VanVleet chipped in with 25 points and 10 assists. The Raptors are ninth in the Eastern Conference. Denver won their third in a row on Friday at Ball Arena, beating the Memphis Grizzlies 113-97.
Michael Porter Jr. had 26 points and eight rebounds to lead the team. The Nuggets are first in the Western Conference, six games ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies.
The teams are meeting for the first time this season. Toronto and Denver split their matchups last season, each team taking one game. The Raptors won the last meeting 127-115 at Ball Arena in March 2022. Pascal Siakam led the Raptors with 33 points and seven assists. Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists in defeat.
The Raptors have been led this season by Siakam, who is averaging 24.8 points per game. Siakam also has grabbed 7.7 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, VanVleet is dishing 6.8 assists.
Jokic has supplied much of the Nuggets’ offense, averaging 24.5 points per game. Jokic has also tallied 11.8 rebounds and 10.0 assists per game, for which he ranks third and fourth in the NBA, respectively. The Nuggets rank as one of the highest-scoring offenses in the NBA, fifth-best with 117.1 points per game.
The Nuggets have had the advantage in the Raptors’ last 10 trips to Ball Arena, winning six. Denver is pursuing an eighth successive home win this season.
Toronto is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +0.5 (110.1-109.6). Denver has an 8-2 record over the last 10, scoring 118.8 points per game on average while holding opponents to 110.3 (+8.5 margin).
RAPTORS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Precious Achiuwa: 9.6 | 17.0 | -7.4
Points per game:
Fred VanVleet: 14.0 | 19.4 | -5.4
Rebounds per game:
Scottie Barnes: 4.8 | 6.9 | -2.1
Assists per game:
Fred VanVleet: 9.0 | 6.8 | +2.2
NUGGETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Thomas Bryant: 9.2 | 17.9 | -8.7
Points per game:
Aaron Gordon: 10.0 | 16.9 | -6.9
Rebounds per game:
Nikola Jokic: 15.4 | 11.8 | +3.6
Assists per game:
Jamal Murray: 8.0 | 6.0 | +2.0
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Denver Nuggets (-250)
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