This looks like a potential flat spot for the shorthanded Denver Nuggets who will be playing on back-to-back nights and coming off a pair of victories.

The Portland Trail Blazers have had a day off since a meriting 110-102 win over Houston and the team is 2-1 SU (2-0-1 ATS) in the NBA bubble. The Blazers are still very much in desperation mode as they try to hunt down the slumping Memphis Grizzlies for the No. 8 seed in the west.

The Nuggets are likely to be without the services of Gary Harris, Jamal Murray, and Will Barton for a fourth straight game and their bench must be running out of steam.

8* play on Portland -3.