The Golden State Warriors will host the Denver Nuggets for their second game of the 2025-26 season, live from Chase Center. The Warriors coming into this matchup, after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers to open their season. Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry combined for 54 points, while Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield added 17 points each, to lead them past L.A. With the Warriors fully healthy to start the season, they are ready to make another title run this season.
Meanwhile, the Denver Nuggets will be on the road to start their season, and they’ve made some huge moves in the offseason, to help bolster their roster around Nikola Jokic. With Michael Porter Jr. traded to the Brooklyn Nets, the Nuggets added Bruce Brown, Cam Johnson, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Jonas Valanciunas. With the latest additions, the expectations are simply championship or bust season for them, and their game against the Warriors could speaks volumes for what we can expect from them.
Here are a couple of same-game parlays for the game between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets as per FanDuel.
Parlay Payout: Wager $100 to win $330
In the last 10 games against the Warriors, Nikola Jokic has averaged 31.3 points, 12.7 rebounds, and 9.4 assists. The Warriors are and have been heavily undersized to guard Nikola Jokic, and even though they added Al Horford in the off season, he is 39 years of age, and will have to guard Jokic, who is widely considered the best player in the world.
Stephen Curry is bound to score 25 or more points as he averaged 26.7 points in 3 games played against the Nuggets in 2024-25 season. Even though the Nuggets have improved themselves offensively in the offseason, defensively there are still questions for the group.
In his last game against the Denver Nuggets, Curry dropped 7 three pointers on 15 attempts. While we do not expect Steph to go off, especially with Christian Braun and backup Cam Johnson to primarily guard him, we expect Curry to at least make 5 or more threes.
Parlay Payout: Bet $100 to win $3446
Nikola Jokic is a threat to record a triple double, as he’s averaged 31 points, 12 rebound, and 9 assists against the Warriors in the last 10 games. With the Nuggets’ latest additions, their offensive prowess has increased even further, making this a safe bet.
In the first game of the 2025-26 season, Draymond Green had 8 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. While Green is not a scorer, he can certainly put up points, along with his facilitating skills and being a strong rebounder. We expect Green to grab double digit rebounds and assists in this game.
Aaron Gordon has transformed his game in the recent times, and has become of one the most important members for the Nuggets on the offensive end. He was already a lob threat, but now has added a three-point game and and handle the basketball to create his own shots on isolation. Over 3.5 points in the first quarter is a great bet for Aaron Gordon.
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Here are some best player props for the game between Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets as per FanDuel.
Nikola Jokic has averaged a near triple-double against the Golden State Warriors in the last 10 games. With their roster now bolstered and his past averages, history suggests that Nikola Jokic should be able to gets a total of 49.5 or more against the Warriors.
Stephen Curry has scored 6.7 points per game against the Nuggets in the first quarter in his career. With the Warriors offense running through Steph, this is a great bet to make against the Nuggets.
Jokic is bound to have 10+ assists as the Denver Nuggets have now gathered more offensive firepower in the offseason, with great bench scorers like Cam Johnson, Tim Hardaway, and Bruce Brown. He had 9 assists in his last outing against the Warriors, and his assist numbers should only go higher with the latest additions.
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