The Utah Jazz (10-17) will look to Lauri Markkanen (ninth in NBA, 27.8 points per game) to help overcome Nikola Jokic (fifth in league, 29.4) and the Denver Nuggets (20-7) on Monday, December 22, 2025 at Ball Arena, at 9 p.m. ET on KJZZ, Jazz+, ALT, and KTVD.
The Nuggets are a double-digit favorite against the Jazz when the Nuggets and the Jazz square off. The Nuggets are favored by 14.5 points. The matchup features an over/under of 246.5.
Nuggets vs. Jazz betting odds
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Spread: Denver -14.5Total: 246.5Moneyline: Denver -1111, Utah +707
Jazz at Nuggets odds, spread, & morePredictionPick ATS: Nuggets (- 14.5)Pick OU:
Under (246.5)Prediction:
Nuggets 130 – Jazz 114MoneylineThe Nuggets are 18-5 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 78.3% of those games).Denver has not yet played as a moneyline favorite of -1111 or shorter.Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Nuggets’ implied win probability is 91.7%.This season, the Jazz have been the underdog 23 times and won seven, or 30.4%, of those games.Utah has not won as an underdog of +707 or more on the moneyline this season in two games with those odds or longer.Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Jazz have a 12.4% chance to win.Against the spreadThe Nuggets record 124.7 points per game, only 2.1 fewer points than the 126.8 the Jazz give up.Denver is 8-5 against the spread and 10-3 overall when scoring more than 126.8 points.Utah has put together a 12-3 ATS record and a 9-6 overall record in games it scores more than 116.1 points.Denver’s record is 14-4 against the spread and 16-2 overall when it gives up fewer than 119.9 points.The Nuggets are the league’s highest-scoring team (124.7 PPG), while the Jazz allow the most points per game (126.8) in NBA play.Utah is the NBA’s seventh-ranked offense (119.9 PPG), while Denver is the 16th-ranked defense (116.1).The Nuggets have out-scored their opponents by a total of 231 points this season (8.6 points per game on average), and opponents of the Jazz have out-scored them by 187 more points on the year (6.9 per game).Over/UnderThe average implied total for Denver this season is 122.1 points, 8.9 fewer points than its implied total of 131 points in Monday’s game.So far this season, Denver has put up more than 131 points in six games.The average implied point total on the year for Utah (122.3) is 6.3 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (116).How to watch Nuggets vs. JazzGame day: Monday, December 22, 2025Game time: 9 p.m. ETLocation: Denver, ColoradoArena: Ball ArenaTV channel: Altitude SportsLive stream: Watch this game on Fubo