Allen Iverson and the Nuggets are battling for 8 seed on the west vs Golden State Warriors

The Nuggets and Warriors will be fighting for their playoff lives on Thursday night. With the Dallas Mavericks suddenly looking like last years’ version, it’s the Warriors and Nuggets who will be fighting for that final seed in the Western Conference Playoffs. Both Denver and Golden State are 47 and 31. Against the BetUS spread neither team is all that good. Denver has gone 6 and 4 in their last 10 games, but only 2 and 4 in their last 6 games.

The Golden State Warriors are up one moment and down the next. They’ve gone 5 and 5 in their last 10 games. Against the Sacramento Kings the other night the Warriors scored 140 points. Here are more trends.

The Denver Nuggets are 9 and 2 against the spread in their last 11 games on a Thursday night.

The Golden State Warriors are 6 and 15 against the spread in their last 21 games at home.

The Over is 4 and 1 in the Golden State Warriors last 5 games at home.

The Over is 5 and 1 in the Denver Nuggets last 6 games as an underdog.

The Over is 10 and 4 in the last 14 meetings between these two teams.

The BetUS over/under in this game is 240 points. That equates to 120 points from each team. Man, it’s tempting to take the under isn’t it? I mean 120 from each team? Is that possible?

Actually, it’s definitely possible. I do believe that this game has a terrific chance of going over. The trends say so and the Warriors are playing at home where they love to run up and down the court and take wild shots.

But I have more faith in the Nuggets, actually. To me this comes down to each teams’ star player - - Allen Iverson for the Nuggets and Barron Davis for the Warriors. In that match-up I like Iverson because of his experience. Well, it also helps that he can pass the ball to both Marcus Camby and Carmelo Anthony if he can’t score himself.

The Nuggets are a veteran team with a veteran coach. These are the types of games where they should thrive.

I’ll be wagering that they do.

The BetUS basketball betting line is Denver Nuggets + 5 against the spread on the road versus the Golden State Warriors.

I’m taking the Nuggets and the points in this game.