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Minnesota Timberwolves Team News
The Minnesota Timberwolves have not shined since the beginning of the season. In the first three games, this team registered two failures and one win, and in the introduction to the duel with the Denver Nuggets, they were defeated by the Atlanta Hawks with a convincing 127:113.
It is an indication that things are not going in a good direction at the beginning of the new season, at least in defense, which should be the strong point of the Minnesota Timberwolves. It is also true that in the first two duels this team did not allow the rival even 100 points, but against the Atlanta Hawks, a slightly better offensive team than the Toronto Raptors or the Miami Heat, that defensive performance was absent. Against Trae Young and his teammates, the best were Anthony Edwards with 31 points and Karl-Anthony Towns with 16 points and 10 rebounds. What is noticeable from the beginning is that now Edwards is the primary option in the offense, unlike in some previous seasons when it was Towns.
The Minnesota Timberwolves will have to play a better game against the Denver Nuggets to have a chance to win. The defense will be key against one of the best offenses in the league in the last five years, so a slightly better edition is expected from that side.
Denver Nuggets Team News
The Denver Nuggets have won all four of their past four games. First, the Los Angeles Lakers were defeated, then the Memphis Grizzlies, then the Oklahoma City Thunder, and in the introduction to the next duel, Mike Malone’s team was better than the Utah Jazz with 110:102.
This is an atypically good start, when you look at the last few years and the games of the Denver Nuggets during this period. Usually, they entered the season more slowly, only to strengthen from November/December and then catch a run before the playoffs. This time, they decided to go all out from the start and stand out in the early stages as the most serious candidates for the top of the Western Conference. The Nikola Jokic-Jamal Murray tandem plays the biggest role in this, as well as the great Aaron Gordon, who gets along better with the team’s best players. It was Gordon with 21 points who was the most effective against the Utah Jazz, along with Nikola Jokic’s standard 27 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
It is difficult to talk about room for improvement in a team that plays very fluently in offense and clearly knows what it wants in defense. Even so, the three-point shooting percentage could be better, because against the previous rival, it was barely over 30 percent.
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets H2H
In the last 10 meetings, the Denver Nuggets have celebrated six times.
Absences and Injuries
At home team, Jaylen Clark will not be ready, and Shake Milton and Jaden McDaniels are questionable. In the Denver Nuggets, they cannot count on Vlatko Cancar.
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets Prediction
Even though the Denver Nuggets are in much better shape, when looking at last season, it is expected that the team from Colorado will have a slight decline after a great start. In the next game, the fact that out of the last six visits to Minnesota, Malone’s team won only once, in last season’s playoffs, could be in favor of that. Due to all of the above, and the fact that the host will be additionally motivated to return to a successful track, we expect a surprise from the Minnesota Timberwolves, who will inflict the first defeat of the season on the rival.
Tip-off Time: Thursday, 02.11.2023, 01:00 CET
Prediction: Minnesota Timberwolves to win
Odds: 2.20
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