These teams can obviously score with the best of them, however we expect to observe the rare sight of a motivated Denver defense tonight. They are potentially a great defensive squad, but they are as lazy as it gets. They will show up defensively however after handing Minnesota their second win of the year on Denvers home floor on Sunday. With the Warriors off a back to back Denver should win this game easily and Golden State will become disinterested mid third quarter. Adding strength to this play is Monta Ellis coming off a 45 point performance. When a player like Monta goes off, the next game they think they are Michael Jordan and will chuck horrid shots every time he gets his hands on the ball.