A pair of struggling teams meet when the Brooklyn Nets (29-23) battle the Denver Nuggets (28-24) in a key matchup at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET. Denver is favored by eight points in the latest Nets vs. Nuggets odds from Caesers Sportsbook, while the Over-Under is set at 226 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). Brooklyn will be without power forward Kevin Durant, who is out with a knee injury.

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The model knows Denver center Nikola Jokic continues to be the heart and soul of the Nuggets offense. In his fifth season, he is averaging 25.9 points, 13.7 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game. He is coming off a 25-point performance in the Friday's loss to New Orleans, just missing a triple-double. He also had 12 rebounds and nine assists. For the season, he has 27 double-doubles and 13 triple-doubles. In last Sunday's win over the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, Jokic scored 18 points, dished out 15 assists and grabbed 10 rebounds.

The model also knows Brooklyn has six players who are averaging in double figures, including point guard Kyrie Irving, who has reached that in 10 of 11 games. In Friday's loss at Utah, Irving scored 15 points and dished out six assists. His best game was a 32-point effort in a loss at Golden State. In that game, he also had eight rebounds and seven assists.  

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