The Warriors are coming into this game with a 15-14 record this season and they are right near the bottom of the Western Conference so they need to start pushing themselves up the standings and have already been playing much better in recent games. They have won their last 5 straight games and although they have played against some weaker teams in that span, they do have a very good win against the Celtics as well as a road win in that span. They are only 6-8 on the road this season but they have been much improved from last season and even their recent losses on the road this year have all been in very close games. They have lost 5 of their last 6 games on the road but 4 of those losses were by 3 points or less and a lot of those games were against some of the better teams in the Western Conference. They also played in Denver earlier this season, a game they lost by just 3 points. They are going up against a Nuggets team that is 21-10 this season and has also been playing well recently as they have won their last 4 straight games. They have also been dominant at home as they are 11-2 there, but they have also lost 2 of their last 4 games there. The Nuggets have been playing well recently but they have also been winning against a lot of bad teams and are now playing their 1st game back from a 3 game road trip against a very hungry Warriors team looking to climb the standings and a Warriors team that always gets up for their Christmas Day game as well. The Nuggets may still win this game but it is too many points for a Warriors team that has been playing much better recently and has been losing in very close games on the road when they do lose. The Warriors will cover the spread in this game.