My 10* Western Conference TOTAL OF THE WEEK is on the under between the Spurs and the Nuggets at 9:00 EST. I had a play on the under in the Nuggets game last night, and while that play did lose, I am now definitely expecting a much more defensive battle here in Denver on Wednesday night. The Nuggets will be fatigued here in the second game of the back-to-back after falling 140-139 in overtime to the Wolves. With a tough game at Golden State up next, the home side will have to be careful to not get caught looking past their lowly opponent tonight. Denver won 122-111 in OT at San Antonio in early January, but the Spurs now enter this one off five-straight losses. The Spurs are trying to play spoiler as best they can to close out the year, but with a high-profile game at home vs. Cleveland, the visitors could also get caught looking ahead here as well. Either way, I believe there are enough factors all combining here and which point to this being a very defensive battle on Wednesday, so the play is the under.