NBA Best Bets: Nuggets vs. Rockets Picks for January 15
Published 5:39 am Wednesday, January 15, 2025
The Denver Nuggets (24-15) will look to build on a four-game winning streak when they host the Houston Rockets (26-12) at 9:00 PM ET on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 as 1.5-point favorites. The Rockets have also won four games in a row.
To find the best bets you can make on Wednesday’s game, based on our computer predictions, see below.
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Nuggets vs. Rockets Game Info
- When: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
- Where: Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado
- TV: SCHN and ALT
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Nuggets vs. Rockets Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Nuggets (- 1.5)
- Denver has covered the spread 19 times in 39 games.
- Houston has 22 wins in 38 games against the spread this season.
- As 1.5-point favorites or more, the Nuggets are 12-16 against the spread.
- The Rockets are 6-4 as 1.5-point underdogs or greater.
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Pick OU:
Under (232.5)
- The Nuggets and their opponents have gone over 232.5 combined points in 22 of 39 games this season.
- Rockets games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 232.5 points in 13 of 38 outings.
- Denver has an average total of 230.3 in its matchups this year, 2.2 more points than this game’s over/under.
- The average over/under for Houston’s outings this season is 222.2, 10.3 fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Nuggets score the sixth-most points in the NBA this season, while the Rockets’ offense puts up the 18th-most.
- This outing features the league’s third-ranked (Rockets) and 18th-ranked (Nuggets) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Nuggets (-115)
- The Nuggets have won 18, or 64.3%, of the 28 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- The Rockets have been chosen as underdogs in 11 games this year and have walked away with the win five times (45.5%) in those games.
- Denver has a record of 18-10, a 64.3% win rate, when it’s favored by -115 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- This season, Houston has come away with a win five times in 10 chances when named as an underdog of at least -105 or longer on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 53.5% chance of a victory for the Nuggets.
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