Who’s Playing
Indiana Pacers @ Denver Nuggets
Current Records: Indiana 23-15, Denver 27-13
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. ET
- Where: Ball Arena — Denver, Colorado
- TV: Altitude Sports & Entertainmnt
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $51.00
What to Know
The Pacers have quite the challenge ahead of them as they’re expected to be blown off the court. They will head out on the road to face off against the Denver Nuggets at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday at Ball Arena. The Pacers are looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
The Pacers and the Hawks couldn’t quite live up to the 250.5-over/under that the experts had forecasted. Indiana strolled past Atlanta with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 126-108. Winning is a bit easier when you work as a team to rack up 16 more assists than your opponent, as the Pacers did.
Meanwhile, Denver beat New Orleans 125-113 on Friday. The Nuggets pushed the score to 100-80 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pelicans cut but never quite recovered from.
Nikola Jokic continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a triple-double on 27 points, ten rebounds, and 14 assists.
Indiana is on a roll lately: they’ve won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 23-15 record this season. As for Denver, their win bumped their record up to 27-13.
Not only did both teams in this Sunday’s match win their last matches, they also took care of their bettors and covered the spread. Looking ahead, the game looks promising for the Nuggets, as the team is favored by a full 11 points. This contest will be their 19th straight as the favorites (so far over this stretch they are 10-8 against the spread).
Sunday’s matchup is shaping up to be a masterclass in shooting: The Pacers just can’t miss this season, having made 51.4% of their shots per game (they’re ranked first in field goal percentage per game overall). However, it’s not like the Nuggets (currently ranked fourth in field goal percentage per game) struggle in that department as they’ve made 49.6% of their shots per game this season. Given these competing strengths, it’ll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Odds
Denver is a big 11-point favorite against Indiana, according to the latest NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Nuggets as a 10-point favorite.
The over/under is set at 240.5 points.
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Series History
Denver has won 8 out of their last 10 games against Indiana.
- Jan 20, 2023 – Denver 134 vs. Indiana 111
- Nov 09, 2022 – Denver 122 vs. Indiana 119
- Mar 30, 2022 – Denver 125 vs. Indiana 118
- Nov 10, 2021 – Denver 101 vs. Indiana 98
- Mar 15, 2021 – Denver 121 vs. Indiana 106
- Mar 04, 2021 – Denver 113 vs. Indiana 103
- Jan 19, 2020 – Indiana 115 vs. Denver 107
- Jan 02, 2020 – Denver 124 vs. Indiana 116
- Mar 24, 2019 – Indiana 124 vs. Denver 88
- Mar 16, 2019 – Denver 102 vs. Indiana 100
