Nuggets vs. Suns betting: NBA preview for March 24

Data Skrive

The Denver Nuggets (44-28) will look to Jamal Murray (12th in the league scoring 25.1 points per game) when they try to hold off Devin Booker (11th in the NBA with 25.5 PPG) and the Phoenix Suns (40-32) on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at PHX Arena. The Nuggets are 6.5-point road favorites in the matchup, which begins at 11 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock and ALT. The over/under is set at 232.5 in the matchup.

Check out all the Latest NBA Betting Previews!

Spread

Nuggets Cover -6.5 vs Suns -105

Bet $20, Payout $39.05

Nuggets vs. Suns betting lines

  • Nuggets odds to win: -230
  • Suns odds to win: +190
  • Spread: Nuggets (-6.5)
  • Total: 232.5

Nuggets Statistics, Trends and More

As the Away Team

  • Denver is 23-15 in road contests and has covered the spread 23 times on the road.
  • Denver has gone 7-6 ATS on the road this season as 6.5-point favorites or more.
  • Nuggets games have gone over the set point total 27 times on the road this year.
  • Recent history gives an edge to Denver to beat the total. This year its road games averaged a total of 234.2 points per contest.

Nuggets Recent Trends

  • The Nuggets are 6-4 overall and 6-4 against the spread in their last 10 contests.
  • The final score of the last 10 Nuggets games has exceeded the set total five times.
  • The last 10 Nuggets games averaged 238.6 total points, 6.1 more points than this matchup’s point total.
  • The Nuggets’ per-game scoring average over their past 10 games is 2.2 points higher than their season-long average.

Nuggets Betting Records

  • The Nuggets have won 34 of the 50 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (68%).
  • Denver has a record of 25-8 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -230 or shorter (winning 75.8%).
  • The Nuggets have an implied moneyline win probability of 69.7% in this contest.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
49.4 (second in NBA) 46.9 (12th) 43.3 (19th) 42.8 (eighth) 28.5 (seventh) 12.3 (third)

Need to know more about sports betting before you put down a wager on Nuggets vs. Suns? Here’s everything you need to know about how to bet.

Suns Statistics, Trends and More

As the Home Team

  • Suns games have hit the over on the set point total 12 times at home this year.
  • The Suns have a 22-15 record against the spread at home and is 23-14 in home contests.
  • The Suns have gone 4-3 ATS at home this season as 6.5-point underdogs or more.
  • The Suns and their opponents have averaged a total of 224.6 points per home contest this year, 7.9 points fewer than this game’s posted total.

Suns Recent Trends

  • The Suns are 5-5 overall and 6-4 against the spread over their last 10 games.
  • The Suns and their opponents have combined to hit the over in five of the past 10 games.
  • The Suns’ past 10 games have ended with an average of 221.2 points scored. That’s 11.3 fewer points than this contest’s over/under.
  • During their last 10 games, the Suns have scored 1.5 more points per contest compared to their 112.2 PPG season-long scoring average.

Suns Betting Records

  • Phoenix has won 15, or 39.5%, of the 38 games it has played as underdogs this season.
  • The Suns have a record of 2-14 in games where sportsbooks have them as underdogs of at least +190 on the moneyline.
  • Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Suns have a 34.5% chance to win.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
45.4 (27th in NBA) 47 (14th) 43 (21st) 43.7 (15th) 24.7 (27th) 13.6 (13th)
Author Profile
BetDecider Team

The BetDecider team brings you the most current sports betting content, with expert insights and tips. Our aim is that you can make an informed betting decision, including best odds and exclusive sportsbook offers, to maximize your betting experience.

Ryan Knuppel

Knup Solutions [molongui_author_name]

About Ryan Knuppel

Ryan has been one of the leading sports business & iGaming professionals for over 15 years. He started as a freelance writer and now operates one of the top sports content agencies around, Knup Solutions. He has literally written 10,000 plus sports and betting related articles across the web.

 

Sports Network:

sports20.com, usawager.com, knupsports.com, baseballspotlight.com, basketballarticles.com, betdecider.com, njsportsbookreview.com, dunkelindex.com, sportspub.com, oddschoice.com

 

Betting Guide

How Money Line Works?

Moneyline betting is by far the easiest way to place a sports wager. There are no point spreads to parse, no garbage-time free throws to ruin your betting day, and no last-minute meaningless touchdowns to take you from a winner to a loser.

How to Bet Odds

When we, as sports fans, learned our multiplication tables, we aced the number 7. Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 were easy because we all watched football on the weekends. Multiplication by sevens, then add a three, a six after a missed PAT.

How to Bet on NFL Games

Baseball is America’s pastime, but football is America’s crazed passion, with its weekly schedule of games, millions of television viewers across the country and the world, and the billion-dollar stadiums that serve as Sunday cathedrals in 32 American cities.

What is the Spread?

If you are a golfer or have ever played on a bowling team, think of a point spread like a handicap. It is a way for two teams of differing abilities to play each other on equal footing.  The better team, and the favorite in the game, gives a certain amount …