The 20-17 Portland Trailblazers will be the road team as they face the 23-1 Denver Nuggets in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Denver is set for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV. <br /><br />The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the home club Denver Nuggets favored by -9 points with an over under line of 202 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out to the public a couple of hours ago. <br /><br />The teams met back on December 20th and it was Portland with the 101-93 home win against Denver as a +6 point underdog. The game landed under 200 ½ points. Trend: Portland Trailblazers are 6-2-1 ATS in their past nine games.<br /><br />The Trailblazers are 7-12 away from home on the season. After a strong run of six wins over their past eight games the team has suddenly lost two straight games. After a six point road loss at Golden St the Trailblazers fall to the Oklahoma City Thunder 87-83 as a +4 point home underdog. The total came in at under 201 ½ points. Portland had a rough shooting night making just 36% from the floor. The Trailblazers guard due of Damian Lillard and Wesley Matthews had a bad night combining for 5 of 22 shooting. To their credit they defended Russell Westbrook well as he makes just 5 of 21 shots. The Trailblazers just couldn’t overcome their bad shooting on Sunday. <br /><br />The Nuggets are 14-2 on their home court. They are riding a five game win streak. They come off the 116-105 home win on Sunday to the Golden St Warriors as a -6 ½ point betting favorite. The game came in at over 209 points. It was a big fourth quarter for Denver as they outscore Golden St 37-18 in the final stanza. Denver allowed Golden St nearly 52% shooting and 13 of 24 from three. The free throw discrepancy was huge as Denver attempts 27 and makes 21 shots while Golden St hits the line just 8 times. Denver sits fifth in the league in scoring offense as they make 102 points a game.
