Trail Blazers Battle The Nuggets: Preview, Odds, and Picks

The last games of the regular round in the NBA will be played today at the Moda Center Portland

Trail Blazers come from losing with a very close score on Thursday against the Phoenix Suns 118 117 so if they want to improve their position in the standings at the end of the season against the third ranked Denver Nuggets who come with a streak of three wins in a row winning this Friday against Detroit Piston 104 91 they will need to be inspired to close the regular season with a victory

Lets review five interesting facts about both teams

1 The Denver Nuggets have a current winning streak against the Portland Trail Blazers of two wins both just this season

2 Trail Blazers have a record in their last five games of four wins which were cut short in the last game against Suns

3 The Denver Nuggets are currently on a three game winning streak but were coming off two straight losses

4 Trail Blazers have the longest winning streak against the Denver Nuggets with ten wins in a row starting in 1996 and culminating in 1998

5 There are 186 games between the two teams with the Trail Blazers holding the lead with 99 wins all time while the Denver Nuggets have 87 wins

Review the best plays from the last Trail Blazers vs Nuggets game

Video courtesy of MLG Highlights

Can the Trail Blazers bounce back from the loss to Phoenix Suns

The team that lives at the Moda Center will have to recover this Sunday in the closing game of the NBA regular season against a team they have not been able to beat this season

They hope to be able to do it to close with a victory that will allow them to arrive motivated to the final phase since otherwise the teams self esteem could be affected by losing two games in a row before the end of the season

Relive Portland Trail Blazers last performance against Phoenix Suns

Video courtesy of MLG Highlights

Denver Nuggets could make it a winning streak this season against Trail Blazers

The team coached by Michael Malone has a very positive record in the last 10 games where they have reached 7 wins and three losses thus achieving a position in third place in the NBA Western Conference

So this Sunday they will seek to close the regular season with a victory to maintain the positive winning streak they have maintained for the last two games

Where and when will the match be played

This Sunday at the Moda Center at 2100 ET Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets in the last game of the NBA regular season the game will be broadcast on ESPN and NBA League Pass

Betting line

Trail Blazers 563 Points 1165

Nuggets 437 Points 1140