{"id":553527,"date":"2026-01-22T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/553527\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:55:13","slug":"nuggets-vs-wizards-prediction-odds-time-2026-nba-picks-for-thursday-jan-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/553527\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets vs. Wizards prediction, odds, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Jan. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cross-conference matchup on Thursday’s NBA schedule has the Denver Nuggets<\/a> visiting the Washington Wizards<\/a>. Denver (29-15) is coming off back-to-back defeats, including a 115-107 loss to the Lakers<\/a> on Monday, which followed a four-game win streak. Washington (10-32) is mired in a seven-game losing streak, most recently falling 110-106 to the Clippers<\/a> on Sunday, and that follows a 5-2 stretch for the Wizards. Nikola Jokic<\/a> (knee) and Trae Young<\/a> (knee) remain out for their respective teams.<\/p>\n

Tip-off is at 7 p.m. ET from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Denver leads the all-time series 60-43 and just defeated the Wizards on Jan. 17. Denver is a 5.5-point favorite in the latest Wizards vs. Nuggets odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 228.5. Before making any Nuggets vs. Wizards picks,\u00a0check out the NBA predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA<\/a> game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0profit for $100 players on its top-rated\u00a0NBA picks<\/a>\u00a0over the past eight-plus seasons. The model enters Week 14 of the 2025-26 NBA season on a sizzling 35-15 roll on top-rated NBA spread picks dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0NBA betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Wizards vs. Nuggets<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted NBA picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several NBA odds<\/a> and NBA betting<\/a> lines for Nuggets vs. Wizards:<\/p>\n

Wizards vs. Nuggets spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Denver -5.5 at DraftKings\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wizards vs. Nuggets over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

228.5 points<\/p>\n

Wizards vs. Nuggets money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Denver -222, Washington +183<\/p>\n

Wizards vs. Nuggets picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to make Nuggets vs. Wizards picks<\/p>\n

SportsLine’s model has simulated Wizards vs. Nuggets 10,000 times and is going Over on the total (228.5 points). The Nuggets have the second-best Over record in the NBA at 27-17, as the total has been eclipsed in 61.4% of their games. That includes their matchup versus the Wizards on Saturday, which saw 236 total points scored, surpassing the game’s O\/U of 228.5, which is the same as Thursday’s contest.<\/p>\n

Each of the last four meetings between these teams have seen at least 235 combined points, with them averaging 240 points. This season, both teams struggle on the defensive end, with Denver ranking 20th in points allowed, while Washington sits 29th. With that, both squads are forecasted to score more points than their season averages. The model projects 239 total points being scored as the Over hits in 60.1% of simulations<\/p>\n

It has also generated an against-the-spread pick that hits in well over 50% of simulations.\u00a0You can head to SportsLine to see the model’s NBA picks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So who wins Nuggets vs. Wizards, and which side of the spread hits nearly 50% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Wizards vs. Nuggets spread to back, all from the model that has returned well over $10,000 on top-rated NBA picks<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cross-conference matchup on Thursday’s NBA schedule has the Denver Nuggets visiting the Washington Wizards. Denver (29-15) is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,6,24770,9199,302,75800,75801,75802,468,75798,75797,75799],"class_list":{"0":"post-553527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-denver","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-denvernuggets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-odds","14":"tag-nba-picks","15":"tag-nuggets","16":"tag-nuggets-wizards-odds","17":"tag-nuggets-wizards-picks","18":"tag-nuggets-wizards-prediction","19":"tag-washington-wizards","20":"tag-wizards-nuggets-odds","21":"tag-wizards-nuggets-picks","22":"tag-wizards-nuggets-prediction"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115939805452082590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}