{"id":30726,"date":"2010-12-16T07:31:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T15:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=30726"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:30:26","slug":"thursday-san-antonio-spurs-vs-denver-nuggets-picks-odds-161210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/thursday-san-antonio-spurs-vs-denver-nuggets-picks-odds-161210\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs vs. Nuggets Free NBA Pick | Preview (Dec. 16th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Betting \u2013 Thursday Picks &#8211; San Antonio Spurs vs Denver Nuggets<\/h2>\n<p>Before\u00a0<a href=\"\/nba\"><strong>nba betting<\/strong><\/a> fans turn their attention to more sports betting events this weekend, we have the NBA doubleheader on Thursday night. It\u2019s time for our weekly hoops picks for NBA gambling action. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA WEEKLY GAMBLING PICKS!! \u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team records:<\/strong><br \/>\nSan Antonio: 21-3 SU, 15-8-1 ATS<br \/>\nDenver: 15-9 SU, 8-14-2 ATS <\/p>\n<p><strong>SPURS vs. NUGGETS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"SA vs. DEN\" href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/nba-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NBA\/matchups\/g5_summary_6.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong> Go Inside This Matchup With Our NBA ATS Stats &#8212;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> Thursday 10:30 ET<br \/>\n<strong>Venue<\/strong>: Pepsi Center<br \/>\n<strong>Spread<\/strong>: Spurs -2<br \/>\n<strong>Over\/Under<\/strong>: OFF<\/p>\n<p>Four solid teams on the TNT doubleheader tonight. A look at each team as the NBA season reaches the quarter pole:<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN ANTONIO (21-3)<\/strong> \u2013 Veteran teams like Boston and San Antonio often start strong, but no one figured on this. Prevailing wisdom was that the Spurs were trying to get one more rodeo out of Tim Duncan, but the bench has played so well that Gregg Popovich can monitor Duncan\u2019s minutes (28 a game) and keep him fresh. <\/p>\n<p>Manu Ginobili seems to have overcome a rash of injuries and leads the team in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>But besides depth, the key so far has been the improved play of Richard Jefferson. Jefferson seemed lost at times last season but has found his game this year, and his statstics are up across the board. <!-- Affiliate Code Do NOT Modify--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_41\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Online Sports Betting at Sportsbook\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><!-- End affiliate Code--><\/p>\n<p><strong>DENVER (15-9)<\/strong> \u2013 The Nuggets seem resigned to having to having to trade Carmelo Anthony and get\u00a0<em>something<\/em> for him rather than let him bolt in free agency this summer, so what you see now isn\u2019t anything close to what you\u2019ll see after a deal. <\/p>\n<p>After Anthony the Denver roster is filled with OK players who\u2019ll give it a go every night, but no team can replace 24 points a game with two 12-point scorers and live to tell about it. Denver had hoped that Ty Lawson would be further along by this point in his career, but his numbers are slightly down from his rookie season and the kid can\u2019t make a free throw to save his life. <\/p>\n<p>Anthony leaving might free up more minutes for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TNT NBA Gambling Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>San Antonio is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games<br \/>\nSan Antonio is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Denver<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 13 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 18 games when playing on the road against Denver<br \/>\nDenver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver&#8217;s last 5 games when playing San Antonio<br \/>\nDenver is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 13 of Denver&#8217;s last 18 games when playing at home against San Antonio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best bets<\/strong>: Boston has lost only four games this season, but much of the damage has been done in the rear end of back-to-back games.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics are 3-2 straight up in the second game when they have played on consecutive nights, and ATS the record is 2-3.<\/p>\n<p>So be careful of a big play on Boston, especially considering that Rondo, Garnett, Piece and Allen played a combined 152 minutes in an emotional game in New York Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs are in the same boat, hitting the road after a grinder at home against Milwaukee on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Liking Atlanta (small) and Denver (bigger) on separate plays.<\/p>\n<h4>Get Your Free $10 Bet Today at Sportsbook.com<\/h4>\n<p>Visit the Bet Menu at half-time to place your bet. Everybody Gets a $10.00 Free Bet today.<\/p>\n<h3>CLICK HERE TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AT SPORTSBOOK.COM AND BET $50 ON THE HALF TIME LINE FOR THE SATURDAY NBA MATCHUPS!!!!!!<\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Thursday night hoops NBA picks for gambling on all the action&#8230;tonight on the hardwood we get the San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":28016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4045,5595,8665,20992,20991,9273,9921,41066,5956,9963,24075,5925,41063,41064,41065,22581,37632,37631],"class_list":["post-30726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-nba-on-tnt","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-san-antonio-denver-picks","tag-san-antonio-spurs-vs-denver-nuggets","tag-spurs-nuggets-odds","tag-spurs-nuggets-picks","tag-spurs-vs-nuggets","tag-spurs-vs-nuggets-lines","tag-spurs-vs-nuggets-odds","tag-spurs-vs-nuggets-predictions","tag-thursday-nba-picks","tag-thursday-night-nba-betting","tag-tnt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107200,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30726\/revisions\/107200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}