OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free pick Monday is on the Toronto Raptors (+12.5) at Denver.
Backing a team on a back-to-back in the altitude of Denver is asking a ton and especially with one of the weaker teams in all of the NBA in the Raptors but to get around a dozen or so here is enough to give it a shot.
George Karl’s Nuggets have truly been playing great ball ever since the Carmelo Anthony trade. They have won a ton of games and continue to cover pretty much every game in the post ‘Melo era. It really is crazy how successful they have been. But with that said they are now back home from the four game east coast swing and that first game is never ever easy and a spot that one must fade them on. Plus Ray Felton is doubtful and no matter how successful these Nuggets have been they are still not a team that is really all that great, they’re just not. I do like all of the pieces they received from the Knicks but there is no way they are truly this good this fast.
Yes Denver is still a superior squad than the 20 win boys from north of the border but Toronto last night did hold their own in the outright at Oklahoma City and I feel are more than capable to at least stay within range tonight. Andrea Bargnani has become a star and is good enough to put the team on his shoulders and be competitive enough, even playing on little rest and tired legs.
It is asking a lot playing for a second straight day and dealing with a superior team in altitude but the Nuggets are in that difficult situation of being back home and are probably a little overdue to lay a bit of an egg.
Top expert pick on this game: Toronto from Matt Rivers
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