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NBA : ATS Matchup
Monday 8/17/2020Line$ LineOU LineScore
UTAH
 
DENVER
+4.5  

-4.5  
+170

-200

214.5
 
125
Final
135

UTAH (44 - 28) vs. DENVER (46 - 27)
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Monday, 8/17/2020 1:30 PM
Western Conference - First Round - Best Of 7 - Game 1 - Orlando, FL
Board OpenLatest
751UTAH218.5214.5
752DENVER-3-4.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
UTAH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games44-28-1232-3738-34111.355.047.1%52.9108.853.845.7%50.6
Road Games23-18-2.519-2122-19111.654.046.7%52.2110.654.046.0%51.6
Last 5 Games2-3-1.33-24-1119.861.645.1%54.6120.453.650.0%52.2
Playoff Games0-000-00-0000.0%0000.0%0
Division Games5-7-15.73-95-7107.353.544.7%52.7110.254.645.9%55.6
UTAH Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)111.355.040-8547.1%13-3538.0%18-2377.9%53922206154
vs opponents surrendering112.256.441-8946.0%12-3435.9%18-2377.4%531025218145
Team Stats (Road Games)111.654.040-8546.7%14-3637.9%18-2378.5%52923216144
Stats Against (All Games)108.853.841-8945.7%11-3135.3%16-2176.7%511021218125
vs opponents averaging112.256.341-8946.0%12-3435.8%18-2377.3%531025218145
Stats Against (Road Games)110.654.041-9046.0%11-3135.0%17-2277.0%521023218125

DENVER - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games46-27-732-3538-35111.355.047.3%52.3109.254.846.3%51.1
Road Games21-19-4.717-2023-17111.354.546.9%51.2112.456.347.2%51.5
Last 5 Games1-4-3.62-35-0118.053.049.4%49.4124.459.449.7%52.0
Playoff Games0-000-00-0000.0%0000.0%0
Division Games12-2+12.99-56-8112.754.148.0%55.6106.652.943.2%51.3
DENVER Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)111.355.042-8947.3%11-3135.9%16-2177.7%521127208135
vs opponents surrendering112.356.441-8946.0%12-3435.8%18-2377.5%531024218145
Team Stats (Road Games)111.354.542-8946.9%12-3236.6%16-2079.3%511126218145
Stats Against (All Games)109.254.840-8646.3%12-3435.8%17-2375.9%511025207144
vs opponents averaging112.456.541-8946.0%12-3535.8%18-2377.4%531024218145
Stats Against (Road Games)112.456.341-8747.2%13-3437.6%18-2376.9%511026208145
Average power rating of opponents played: UTAH 96.4,  DENVER 96
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
UTAH - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
7/30/2020*NEW ORLEANS106-104W-4L232.5U37-8444.0%542040-9442.6%5620
8/1/2020*OKLAHOMA CITY94-110L2L218U34-8739.1%431441-7753.2%5621
8/3/2020*LA LAKERS108-116L6L217O37-8344.6%492141-8250.0%4714
8/5/2020*MEMPHIS124-115W-5.5W219O38-8445.2%541743-9147.3%5014
8/7/2020*SAN ANTONIO111-119L9W225.5O38-9141.8%541545-8950.6%5413
8/8/2020*DENVER132-134L-1.5L222.5O47-10544.8%672251-10847.2%6111
8/10/2020*DALLAS114-122L-5.5L220.5O39-8247.6%451248-8556.5%428
8/13/2020*SAN ANTONIO118-112W6.5W234U47-10146.5%53839-7949.4%5415
8/17/2020*DENVER              
8/19/2020*DENVER              
8/21/2020*DENVER              
8/23/2020*DENVER              

DENVER - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
8/1/2020*MIAMI105-125L4.5L216O39-8943.8%471940-7255.6%4515
8/3/2020*OKLAHOMA CITY121-113W5W219.5O42-8748.3%561237-8742.5%5515
8/5/2020*SAN ANTONIO132-126W-2W226.5O50-9154.9%491446-9349.5%467
8/6/2020*PORTLAND115-125L4.5L228O44-8452.4%491643-9246.7%489
8/8/2020*UTAH134-132W1.5W222.5O51-10847.2%611147-10544.8%6722
8/10/2020*LA LAKERS121-124L5W224.5O45-7758.4%421444-8154.3%4210
8/12/2020*LA CLIPPERS111-124L4L223.5O43-8749.4%491246-8554.1%467
8/14/2020*TORONTO109-117L-3.5L222.5O36-8741.4%461545-9050.0%5719
8/17/2020*UTAH              
8/19/2020*UTAH              
8/21/2020*UTAH              
8/23/2020*UTAH              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
UTAH: LAST SEASON: 50-32, lost 4-1 to Houston in Western Conference first round.
COACH: Quin Snyder (sixth season, 227-183).
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE: G Mike Conley (21.1 ppg), G Donovan Mitchell (23.8), F Bojan Bogdanovic. (18.0), F Joe Ingles (12.1), C Rudy Gobert (15.9)
KEY LOSSES: F/C Derrick Favors, G Ricky Rubio, F Jae Crowder, G Kyle Korver.
KEY ADDITIONS: Conley, Bogdanovic, F Jeff Green, C Ed Davis, G Emmanuel Mudiay.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: All eyes will be on Mitchell to see if he can emerge as a true All-Star this season. The third-year guard, who averaged at least 20 points in each of his first two seasons, won't have to shoulder as big of a load in creating the offense with Conley now sharing the backcourt. Gobert is a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and will anchor one of the league's best defenses again. He posted career-highs in points (15.9) and rebounds (12.9) per game a year ago. Bogdanovic adds a valuable shooter on the wing with Ingles that should give the Jazz an improved outside scoring punch. He shot a career-high 42.5 percent from 3-point range last season.
OUTLOOK: The Jazz are well positioned to take a step forward and become a Western Conference title contender. Conley gives Utah a veteran point guard who is a legit scoring threat in addition to a strong passer. Bogdanovic and Green will also shore up shooting and help Conley take away some of the pressure from Ingles and Mitchell to get it all done on offense. Utah's fortunes, ultimately, will rise and fall on the continued progression of the central star duo of Mitchell and Gobert. If the Jazz offense can catch up to the team's elite defense this season, few teams will be able hang with Utah as the season progresses.
DENVER: LAST SEASON: 54-28, lost 4-3 to Portland in Western Conference semifinals.
COACH: Michael Malone (fifth season with Nuggets, 173-155; seventh season overall, 212-222).
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE: G Jamal Murray (18.2 ppg), G Gary Harris (12.9), F Paul Millsap (12.6), C Nikola Jokic (20.1), G Will Barton (11.5).
KEY LOSSES: G Isaiah Thomas, F Trey Lyles, C Thomas Welsh.
KEY ADDITIONS: F Jerami Grant, C Bol Bol, F Michael Porter Jr.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Porter was the 14th overall pick in 2018 and missed all of last season as he recovered from back surgery. He skipped the Summer League in Las Vegas due to a balky knee. Now, he's healthy and ready to contribute. A healthy Porter gives the Nuggets another dimension on the perimeter, and another piece to add to the core of Murray, Harris, Jokic and Millsap.
OUTLOOK: The Nuggets have improved every season since Malone took over, going from 33 wins his first season to 40, 46 and 54 last season when they earned the No. 2 seed in the West. They didn't make any splashy moves in the offseason although they did bring back Millsap, picking up his $30 million option and agreed on a $170 million extension for Murray. Behind MVP-candidate Jokic, the Nuggets are a legit title contender.
PREVIEW
Nuggets prepare for playoff opener against shorthanded Jazz
 

The Denver Nuggets went into the 2019 postseason as newbies, with most of their roster untested in the intensity of the playoffs.

Two grueling series and a pair of Game 7s -- one win, one loss -- gave Denver valuable experience it hopes will pay off in this postseason. The Nuggets, the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, faces a familiar foe in the first round in the No. 6 seed Utah Jazz.

Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is Monday. This will be the fifth time the teams have met in the postseason, and the Jazz have won three of those series, most recently a 4-2 win in the first round of the 2010 playoffs.

Utah, which tied for second in the Northwest Division behind Denver, is making its fourth straight postseason appearance. The Jazz were eliminated in the first round by Houston in 2019 but reached the Western Conference semifinals the previous two playoffs.

The teams met four times in the regular season, with the Nuggets winning all four. The last time they played was Aug. 8 in the bubble, a two-overtime thriller that Denver pulled out despite a big night from Donovan Mitchell.

Utah will need him to be great offensively to help overcome the loss of Bojan Bogdanovic, who had season-ending wrist surgery in May. The Jazz also announced Sunday that they will begin the series without veteran guard Mike Conley, who left the bubble to be with his wife for the birth of their son.

Conley, 32, averaged 14.4 points, 4.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 47 games (41 starts) in his first season with Utah in 2019-20.

Coach Quin Snyder has been looking for different ways to get offense, and one of the points of emphasis has been to get more scoring behind the 3-point line.

"As a staff, we've had the opportunity to coach guys that will let you coach them, and really, we learn from each other," Snyder said after Saturday's practice. "So when we say we're evolving and molding to fit -- be it our personnel or things we've learned about how we how we play, what we want to do better, what we want to do more of -- we've had a group that's really receptive. And you're lucky as a coach to have that. They embrace what we give them, and sometimes they modify what we give them -- which is great -- and make it better."

Focusing on shooting more 3-pointers could be a wise strategy. Denver has struggled with its perimeter defense in the restart, in part because of injuries. The best perimeter defender is guard Gary Harris, who has yet to play since the restart due to a right hip injury. His status for Monday is not known, nor is the availability of Will Barton (right knee soreness), who has also missed the eight games in the bubble.

Those absences have provided an opportunity for rookie Michael Porter Jr., and he has taken advantage. Porter averaged 19.3 points in the eight games played near Orlando, including four double-doubles, and was named to the All-Bubble second team.

But Denver's success will ride with center Nikola Jokic, who averaged 29.3 points and 9.0 rebounds in three games against Utah this season. He will see plenty of two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert, and he understands what it takes to win in the postseason.

"It's every possession matters," Jokic said. "You cannot have three, four times-in-a-row possessions that you kind of dribble the ball or just (have) empty possessions. Or you cannot have a lot of turnovers in a row because basketball is a game of runs, so you need to use the opportunity that you have and not kind of (start) forcing things."

--Field Level Media


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