The author predicts the Denver Nuggets will cover the spread against the Phoenix Suns, citing Phoenix's struggles on defense in Devin Booker's absence.
Christmas has quite literally come early, as the Denver Nuggets get set to host the Phoenix Suns in a preview of Wednesday’s showcase on national television. My Suns vs. Nuggets predictions expect Denver to cover as Phoenix still tries to figure things out in Devin Booker 's absence.When Booker was lost to injury a couple of games ago, it was incredibly clear scoring would be a tough task for the Suns.
The Suns allowed the Detroit Pistons to hang 133 points on them on Saturday, a game in which they gave up 48.7% shooting from outside. What’s concerning is Phoenix has been allowing a ton more shots to come from the arc with Booker off the floor this year, but on the whole, its defensive performance has been considerably better. Perhaps it was just one game, or maybe Booker’s defense is better than what the numbers lead us to believe... but the fact of the matter is this Suns defense has ranked 27th against the three which spells trouble here. Phoenix's opponents see an uptick in 3-point frequency by 1.9 percentage points with Booker off the floor, and you don’t want to dare the Suns have struggled in almost every shooting zone and will head up against the eighth-best offense this month, making for a very tricky proposition. Even if Kevin Durant goes off again, it won’t be enough to overcome the delta here.to go off yet again in the absence of Booker. The star wing is seeing a massive bump in Usage Rate of around 9% with his running mate off the floor, and we also know he loves to shoot from the mid-range, which should work out quite well in this one. Durant is once again right atop the league in shot frequency in this shooting zone, pulling up from inside the arc 53% of the time, and Denver is currently sitting 20th against mid-range shots over December, with opponents shooting 42.8% in the zone. He’s gone for 37 or more in back-to-back games, and his volume here won’t be in question.to chip in a few triples as we continue to attack this generous Phoenix defens
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