San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets 4/9/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The San Antonio Spurs look to snap a 4-game losing streak when facing the Denver Nuggets on Friday. San Antonio is 24-25 following a 106-96 loss to Denver on Wednesday in the first of two consecutive meetings between the two. San Antonio is in a free fall as the Spurs have lost five of the last six and nine of the last 11 and are now 3 ½ games behind the first-place Dallas Mavericks in the Southwest division.

DeMar DeRozan is the leading scorer for San Antonio with an average of 21.0 points per game and the shooting forward is also leading San Antonio and assists with an average of 7.0 per game. Jakob Poeltl is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.0 rebounds per game. San Antonio is scoring an average of 110.5 points per game and allowing an average of 110.7 points per game. 

Denver looks for its eighth consecutive victory win hosting San Antonio on Friday. The Nuggets are 33-18 following their victory on Wednesday over San Antonio. Nikola Jokic was the leading scorer for Denver with 25 points and added 10 assists and nine rebounds. Denver is second in the Northwest division and has moved to within five games of first place Utah.

Nikola Jokic is leading Denver in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals with averages of 26.4 points, 10.9 rebounds, 8.6 steals and 1.5 assists per game. The second leading scorer for Denver is Jamal Murray with an average of 21.3 points per game. Denver has six players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 115.7 points per game while allowing an average of 111.0 points per game.