Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 21/03/2025, 03:37  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 21/03/2025 at 03:51 in NBA Predictions

The Portland Trail Blazers will welcome the Denver Nuggets next as they continue their late charge for the NBA postseason. They are currently 12th place in the Western Conference while the Nuggets are more than 10 games above them in fourth. Below is our prediction for this match.

The Blazers won their last three games, all at home, snapping a run of five straight defeats. Chauncey Billups’ men are now within touching distance of the play-in.

The Blazers, who earned a comfortable 115-99 victory over the Grizzlies, are two games adrift of the top 10. They have improved to a 31-39 record and have 12 more games left to try and make the postseason.

Portland were 126-124 winners over Denver the last time they hosted this fixture.

The Nuggets are on an inconsistent spell. They've lost five of their last 10 games and are close to dropping out of the top four in the West. Mike Malone’s men are fighting it out with three other teams for a top-four finish.

Two games separate the team in second from the team in fifth. The Nuggets, who are 44-26 are coming off a 120-108 defeat to the Lakers. It was the second successive game in which Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray sat out due to injuries.

Denver won the last two meetings with Portland.