Golden St Warriors versus Denver Nuggets Pick Prediction NBA Playoffs Game 3 Lines Odds Preview 4-26-2013

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The Denver Nuggets will hit the highway as they face the upstart Golden St Warriors in game three of their best of seven Western conference NBA playoff series with a pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Golden St is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.

The odds from this game three of the NBA playoff series has the home club Golden St Warriors favored by -1 point with an over under line of 212 points. There has been no movement in the spread and total since the odds came out a few hours ago.

The series is knotted up in this best of seven series at one game apiece as Golden St earns the 131-117 road victory at the Denver Nuggets as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The total flew over the total of 208 points. Denver fell behind 61-53 at the half in defeat. The Nuggets wasted a 50% shooting game and hit on 9 of 26 from the three point line. They pulled down ten less rebounds than the Warriors. The team missed 9 of 37 free throws. Point guard Ty Lawson led the Nuggets with 19 point and 12 assists as he made 8 of his 17 shots. Corey Brewer came off the bench with 19 points. Denver appeared to have difficulty defending the small lineup of Golden St with David Lee now out for the season for the Warriors.

The Warriors enjoyed a 64.6% shooting game and made 14 of their 25 three point shots. Golden St survived 17 turnovers in their victory. Stephen Curry had 30 points and 13 assists as he connected on 13 of his 23 shots. Jarrett Jack scored 26 points and dished out seven assists with 10 of 15 from the floor. In the playoffs the Warriors have one of the best home court advantages in basketball. They are the best three point shooting team in the NBA as they connect on 40.3% from beyond the arc. The Warriors put up 101.2 points a game good for seventh in the league in scoring offense.

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