The Denver Nuggets (37-17, 25-4 Home), the league’s top shooting team, play host to the Minnesota Timberwolves (29-27, 9-15 Away) on Tuesday. The teams meet for their second successive game against each other. Minnesota blew out Denver 128-98 at Target Center on Sunday.
Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 20 points, while D’Angelo Russell added 18 points and 10 assists. Michael Porter Jr. had 22 points in defeat. The Timberwolves are seventh in the Western Conference.
The Nuggets are four games ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies atop the Western Conference, currently sitting in first. Minnesota has triumphed in two out of three games between the teams this season. Edwards is averaging 24.7 points per game to lead the T’Wolves in scoring this season.
Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert is grabbing 11.6 rebounds per game, third-most in the NBA, and Russell is dishing 6.2 assists. Nikola Jokic (24.8 ppg) has powered the Nuggets’ offense. Jokic has also tallied 11.3 rebounds and 10.1 assists per game, for which he ranks sixth and second in the league, respectively.
Shooting 49.1% from the field, the Timberwolves are one of the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (4th). The Nuggets have found success in the last 10 meetings between the teams at Ball Arena, winning seven.
Denver has won three straight at home this season.Minnesota is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +5.4 (117.2-111.8). Denver has a 6-4 record over the last 10, scoring 115.4 points per game on average while holding opponents to 112.7 (+2.7 margin).
NUGGETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Jamal Murray: 43.5 | 30.2 | +13.3
Bones Hyland: 8.5 | 17.1 | -8.6
Points per game:
Jamal Murray: 32.0 | 20.2 | +11.8
Bones Hyland: 6.5 | 12.1 | -5.6
Rebounds per game:
Nikola Jokic: 14.5 | 11.3 | +3.2
Michael Porter Jr.: 3.4 | 5.4 | -2.0
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Denver Nuggets -9.5 (-105)
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