Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets (10:30 pm, ET)
On Wednesday, Utah Jazz compete against Denver Nuggets (10:30 pm, ET) at Pepsi Center, Denver in Game 5 of 7 game series. Jazz have 53-29 home, 21-20 away record while Nuggets have a 53-29 away and 34-7 home record.
Utah leads by 3-1 and Nuggets needs to win Game 5 to keep their hopes alive in the series. The key player for Utah is Carlos Boozer who scored 31 points with 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
CJ Miles, Paul Millsap and Deron William have been scoring for Jazz on regular basis. Boozer has been the beast in scoring points whereas Millsap and Miles have chipped in with plenty of offense.
“We’re not going to fall into the trap of thinking that we’ve won the series. We haven’t. We have a lead in the series. We haven’t won anything,” said Boozer.
Denver has not been able to keep Utah off the board. The key players for Nuggets are Kenyon Martin, J.R. Smith, Nene and Chauncey Billups. Martin can definitely step up in this crucial game and help in the offense.
Although Martin is not 100 percent fit because of the knee, Boozer is able to dominate on the boards as a result. Nuggets will heavily depend on Carmelo Antony, JR Smith, Billups and Kenyon Martin in this must win match.
The Jazz vs. Nuggets point spread for Game 5 opened with Denver as a -6.5 point favorite against Utah as per NBA betting websites. The opening line in the Jazz vs. Nuggets game 4 had Utah -2 point favorites, the line closed with the Nuggets +2.5 point underdogs. Utah backers won ATS and SU as a -130 betting odds home favorite.
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