The Denver Nuggets (31-13, 20-3 Home), the league’s top shooting team, welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves (22-23, 8-13 Away) on Wednesday. Minnesota was narrowly defeated by the Utah Jazz 126-125 at Target Center on Monday. Anthony Edwards was the standout player in defeat with 29 points. The Timberwolves are the ninth seed in the Western Conference.
Denver is playing the second of a back-to-back after winning their seventh in a row yesterday at Ball Arena, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 122-113. Nikola Jokic had a triple double with 36 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists, carrying the team. The Nuggets are the first seed in the Western Conference.
This marks the last meeting of the season between the teams. Minnesota will be aiming for a season sweep against Denver after earning the win in the only prior meeting 124-111 at Target Center on January 2, their fourth straight head-to-head victory.
Edwards led the Timberwolves with 29 points, while Kyle Anderson played a key role with 19 points and eight assists. Jokic had 24 points and nine assists in the loss. The T’Wolves have been led this season by Edwards, who is averaging 23.9 points per game.
Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert is grabbing 11.5 rebounds per game, third-most in the NBA, and D’Angelo Russell is dishing 6.2 assists.Jokic has been the primary provider of the Nuggets’ offense, averaging 25.0 points per game.
Jokic has also recorded 11.0 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game, for which he ranks fifth and second in the league, respectively. Shooting 49.3% from the field, the Timberwolves are one of the most accurate field goal shooting teams in the NBA (4th).
The Timberwolves are 4-6 in their last 10 trips to Ball Arena. Denver is pursuing a 15th successive home win this season. Meanwhile, the Nuggets are 3-2 this season when playing two days in a row and 3-1 in such games against rested opponents.
The Timberwolves are 5-1 with a rest advantage. In the last 10 games, Minnesota is 6-4 with an average margin of +1.5 (116.1-114.6). Denver has gone 9-1 over the last 10, scoring 120.5 points per game on average while allowing 109.1 (+11.4 margin).
TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Rudy Gobert: 17.8 | 25.6 | -7.8
Points per game:
Rudy Gobert: 9.2 | 13.3 | -4.1
Rebounds per game:
Naz Reid: 6.6 | 4.9 | +1.7
Rudy Gobert: 8.4 | 11.5 | -3.1
Assists per game:
D’Angelo Russell: 4.6 | 6.2 | -1.6
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Denver Nuggets -9.5 (-110)
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