T.M. Selection: Pelicans.

The Pelicans are on a 5-game losing streak but each of the last 3 by a single digit margin and the average margin of defeat was 4 points in those 3 losses. New Orleans is only 7-8 last 15 games but that is certainly much better than their 5-29 start to this season! The Pelicans are in the front end of a B2B at Denver as these teams will meeting again here Wednesday. Only 4 of last 21 Pelicans games have been losses by more than 11 points. I expect this game is decided by a single digit margin as the Pelicans offense has been playing at a very high level. The Nuggets are just back home from a 5-game road swing. They lost 3 of the 5 games and the only 2 wins were each by a 3-point margin. The point is that the big points (ATS) here should come in very handy in this one. Denver has not been dominant recently and has, in fact, only 3 wins by more than 11 points in last dozen games! The Pelicans won the first meeting by 7 points but then lost the second meeting this season by 3 points in overtime. So New Orleans has revenge here too and I expect another game decided by a single digit margin between these teams.

T.M. Prediction: 122-118 Nuggets