Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 30/08/2020, 10:37  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 30/08/2020 at 11:37 in Basketball Predictions

The stop start NBA season is back on again after the midweek political protests. Back to basketball now and the sixth match in the play-off first round clash between Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz.  Two games to go and the pressure is on Denver who have to win both of the remaining games to make it into the Western Conference semi-final, where they'd face either the LA Clippers or Dallas Mavericks (Clippers one game from winning that at the time of writing).  Denver got off to a good start in this series winning the first match by ten points. Utah then put their stamp on this tie by winning the next three games. The first two of those victories were dominating ones with Utah winning them by an aggregate of 56 points. It was a lot closer in the fourth though with Utah just holding on for a two point victory.

That left Utah just one win from reaching the semi-finals but the Nuggets fought back in the following match with a 10-point win. That was a big comeback as the Nuggets trailed by ten points going into the final quarter. Utah won't want to let this game slip and go into a final match decider. They will be hoping for another great display from Donovan Mitchell, who has scored 188 points so far in this series against Denver. Utah had dominated their opponents earlier in the series and need to re-find that form to ensure they make it into the semi-finals. They will be determined to do that and can get the win that they need.