The Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 28.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 20:00 UK;
Venue – Wells Fargo Center (21.000);
City – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+6) for Nuggets – 1.71.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Jokic Rebounds Over 10.5 – 2.00.
Embiid’s absence will surely affect the 76ers’ play. It’s unlikely that they’ll be able to beat the Nuggets. Doc Rivers’ men haven’t looked their best in recent games, so we have our doubts. We expect the Nuggets to put up a real fight.
Jokic is the real leader of the team. In this encounter, his role will be very important. The absence of Murray and Porter will force him to turn on some extra power play. He’s averaged 12 rebounds in recent games. We believe the trend will continue.
The Philadelphia 76ers are slowly closing in on the Boston Celtics. They are separated by four wins, but the 76ers have three games left to play. That means one Sixers win and one Celtics defeat could put the Sixers in the first place. The team has 31 wins and 16 losses.
The 76ers have been playing some productive basketball. Six games, six wins. In the away series, they defeated the Utah Jazz (118-117), Los Angeles Lakers (113-112), Los Angeles Clippers (120-110), Portland Trail Blazers (105-95) and Sacramento Kings (129-127).
The home-and-home series got off to a winning start. The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Brooklyn Nets (137-133). Tyrese Maxey contributed to the victory. The guard scored 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
The Philadelphia Sixers have won six straight games.
The Nuggets lead the Western Conference. There are still few contenders for the throne.
At times, Denver, too, can’t hold their own. In the last three games, the Nuggets lost twice. Last week, the Nuggets lost on the road to the Milwaukee Bucks (99-107).
Aaron Gordon scored a double-double. He scored 26 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Denver Nuggets have a three-win advantage over the Grizzlies. The Nuggets have won 34 games this season and lost 15 meetings.
The Denver Nuggets have scored a steady 99 points in their last three games.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Philadelphia 76ers: James Harden – De’Anthony Melton – Tobias Harris – P.J. Tucker – Joel Embiid.
Denver Nuggets: Bruce Brown Jr. – Christian Braun – Vlatko Cančar – Aaron Gordon – Zeke Nnaji.
Only Joel Embiid (Day-to-day) is injured for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Michael Porter Jr. (Out), Jack White (Out), Collin Gillespie (Out), Bruce Brown (Day-to-day), Jamal Murray (Day-to-day), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Day-to-day) and Nikola Jokic (Day-to-day) are injured for the Denver Nuggets.
The fixture will be played at Wells Fargo Center (21.000) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 28th of December, 2023, at 20:00 UK Time.
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