The Denver Nuggets have switched gears on their current East Coast road trip. Consecutive wins over the Knicks and 76ers have pushed them back to .500 at 5-5. Re-focused, the Nuggets have the arsenal to hand the Nets their third straight loss. Grab Denver to push past the Nets late in the second half Tuesday.

I like the Nuggets despite the scheduling difficulty of playing three road games in four days. The Nets are without Kyrie Irving, and Nikola Jokic is definitely a matchup problem. My simulations make the Nuggets -1.7 points better in this spot. Look for a big statistical night from Kevin Durant as the Nets come up short.

No Kyrie Irving again for Nets due to personal reasons. Brooklyn has lost back-to-back game without him to teams that are lesser than Denver. I might normally worry about the Nuggets playing their third road game in four nights, but the previous two were blowout wins and the starters didn't play heavy minutes in either. The Nugs have actually been better on the road than at home this season, which is highly unusual for them.