Nuggets resume trek in New Jersey

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02/07/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets will shoot for their fifth straight win this evening when they resume an eight-game road trip against the New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center.

Denver posted its fourth straight win and improved to 2-0 on the trek following Friday's 124-103 victory at Washington. Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points for the Nuggets, who welcomed back point guard Chauncey Billups and forward Kenyon Martin from injury.

Billups (ankle) and Martin (flu) each missed Wednesday's 114-113 triumph over Oklahoma City, but came back Friday to net 16 and 11 points, respectively, in a winning cause. Dahntay Jones added 18 points, while Chris Andersen and Linas Kleiza each netted 13 for Denver.

The Nuggets will also visit the Heat, Magic, 76ers, Bulls and Bucks, and are 14-10 away from the Rocky Mountains this season.

Meanwhile, New Jersey is trying to extend its current winning streak to a season high four consecutive games. In Wednesday's 115-88 win at the Wizards, Devin Harris ended with 26 points, seven assists and five boards for the Nets, who shot a sizzling 61.3 percent from the field.

Brook Lopez contributed 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while Vince Carter finished with 20 points and five assists for New Jersey. Ryan Anderson ended with 18 points and nine boards in the win.

The Nets will try to work on their 10-15 mark at the Meadowlands Saturday night and attempt to end a three-game slide to the Nuggets. New Jersey is 10-5 in the previous 15 meetings in the series and has won 14 of the last 17 as the host versus Denver.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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