The 14-14 Minnesota Timberwolves will be on a back to back as they battle the 18-15 Denver Nuggets in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time from Denver is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA point spread in this game has the home team Denver Nuggets favored by -6 ½ points with an over under line of 205 points. There has been no movement on the side or total since the odds opened up a few hours ago in this game.
The teams met twice this season with each game being played at Minnesota. Each team won once and Denver covered the spread in each game. Both games played over the total. Trend: The over is 5-0 in their past five head to head meetings.
The Timberwolves are 5-10 straight up on the road this season. They come off a 106-84 road defeat to Utah last night as a +3 point underdog. The game ended under 196 points. It was a miserable shooting performance by the T’Wolves as they make just 34.5% of their shots. Kevin Love has 13 points but makes just 4 of 14 shots. Minnesota has dropped five of their past seven games. Point guard Ricky Rubio was left at home and did not travel with the Timberwolves on this two game road trip due to back spasms. In these five losses the team has struggled mightily for points with an average of just 88 points a game.
The Nuggets are 10-1 straight up on their home court on the year. After a slow start to the season due to heavy travel the team is playing their best basketball of the season with seven wins in their past ten games. Denver breaks the LA Clippers 17 game win streak in a 92-78 win on New Year’s Day as a -1 point home favorite. The game went under 207 points. It was the third straight game by the Nuggets to allow less than 100 points to an opponent. Denver is a juggernaut at home as they average 106 points and 47% shooting and looks to run at home with rest when facing teams playing the back end of back to backs.
