Two wins for the Nuggets in one week against the Warriors?

The Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors meet for the top game in the Western Conference on 11/03/2022 starting at 04:00. The home side are in fifth place and the visitors travel in third. So in terms of excitement in the Ball Arena, it’s well catered for.

Denver Nuggets – statistics & current form

The Nuggets can still rely on Nikola Jokic: The Serbian once again delivered a gala in the latest duel with the upcoming opponent. In the end, the reigning MVP had bagged his 18th triple-double in points, rebounds and assists!

No player in the NBA tops this number and if he continues to play like this, there could be no way past him again in the election of the upcoming Most Valuable Player. Head coach Michael Malone’s team will also rely on home court advantage: Nearly two-thirds of their 31 home games have been victorious (20-11).

Golden State Warriors – Statistics & current form

The Warriors may have lost to Denver recently, but this time they won’t be fielding a B-team like they did in that game. After all, they were missing the “splash duo” in Stephen Curry and Klary Thompson in the recent blowout and this year’s All-Star debutant Wiggins was also spared.

Now these three top players will be involved, which is why a much stronger visiting team from San Francisco can be expected. This is also necessary, because the last weeks were not very pleasant for the former leader in the West.

With the loss of Draymond Green, an important two-way player is missing and in the tableau, after seven defeats in the past ten games, they only occupy third place. The drop in performance was also particularly noticeable in the away matches.

The last four away games all ended in defeat. Only the last-place team in the West, Houston and the Lakers, have had longer drought periods of this kind.

Denver Nuggets – Golden State Warriors tip

Denver has won each of the last three meetings, but the victories have always been close and in the last matchup a few days ago, the Bay Area basketball team was missing several players from its starting five due to a rest prescribed by coach Steve Kerr.

For the clash between the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors, betting on more than 109.5 points by the hosts is a good idea. Although the visitors still rank second in the NBA’s defensive rating, along with the Suns and with 105.7 points per 100 opponent possessions, currently the defensive work is not good.

This is largely due to the absence of the NBA’s best defensive player of 2017 in the person of Draymond Green and even with stars like Curry and Thompson now back on board, this shortcoming is likely to continue.

The weakness of Kerr’s defence can be seen in the fact that they have conceded less than 110 points in only three of their last ten games.