Utah has been held under this total in four straight games and remains without Lauri Markkanen in Denver -- Jordan Clarkson is out too. I might have to look at a points prop for another Jazz player now because that's a lot of shots/points missing.

Denver's Christian Braun is averaging 14.0 PPG this season and could get a few more shots (and minutes) tonight with Jamal Murray in the concussion protocol. Braun also took the blame for last night's tough loss at Minnesota, so I expect him to be very motivated tonight.

The Nuggets remain a playoff team, we know that. And they will go as The Joker goes, as their early-season struggles - even vs bad teams - attests. But on back-to-backs, after this man just played 40 mins in a very physical, playoff-style game at Minnesota, after just having played consecutive OT games at TOR and BRK, come on man. Joker has played 125 minutes in the last 3 games. If anybody needs load management two weeks into the season it's him. Can't be a one-man army tonight. Need Aaron Gordon to shoot like he did Fri and others to carry the load.

The Joker is killing himself with no bench and a suspect supporting cast and it's barely November. And now they finally face a joke team at home. Check out his minutes: 40, 41, 33, 37, 35. If they can't put away the no-scoring Jazz (96 or less in 3 of 5) and play solid D with the Joker not having to play the entire third quarter and do all the scoring, then shame on them. Two OT road games and then a 48-min fight at MIN. They need to slow this game down and Jazz not playing at same pace they did a year ago. Nuggets on back to back will slow this down, get Joker off his feet some, and win 110-98