Stephen Nover

Denver -4

Maybe the Jazz can prove worthy on the road, but I doubt it in this spot.Utah is 0-10 against the West's top nine teams when not playing in Salt Lake City. Denver is playing its best ball.The Nuggets are 9-1 in their last 10 games, 13-2 in their past 15 games at the Pepsi Center. They are precariously holding on to the No. 2 seed in the West.Denver has been eliminated in the first-round of the playoffs during each of the past five seasons. Each time the Nuggets had to open their playoff series on the road.They don't want that to happen again.Utah is 1-5 straight-up and against the spread in its last six away matchups. Its only road win during this span was versus Oklahoma City.Carmelo Anthony is heating up for the Nuggets, averaging 30.9 points in his last seven games.The Nuggets' confidence is up. They should be fully focused as their next three games are against the Clippers, Timberwolves and Thunder.