The Northwest division foes, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will square up against each other in the western conference semi-final of NBA Playoffs at Ball Arena. This is the game 2 of this series as the initial game won by Wolves (106-99) at away, they started this series condemning their strength and will try to do the same in this game.
Meanwhile, the Denver Nuggets beat Lakers by 4-1 as they showed their depth in squad but somehow didn’t able to outperform Wolves in game 1 but they will seek revenge in this home game.
Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game Info
- Date: Tuesday 07th May 2024
- Time: 7:30 AM IST
- How to Watch Live: Sports 18, Jio Cinema
- Location: Chopper Cir, Denver
- Arena: Ball Arena
DEN vs MIN Starting Eight:
Nuggets (DEN) Possible Starting 8: Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Christian Braun, Michael-Porter-Jr, Julian Strawther, Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokic, DeAndre Jordan
Timberwolves (MIN) Possible Starting 8: Mike Conley, Anthony Edwards, Wendell Moore, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jaden McDaniels, Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert, Luka Garza
DEN vs MIN Match Preview:
Denver Nuggets Team Updates (0-1):
- The defensive champion is in the round 2 of the playoffs after registering huge victory against Lakers by 4-1, they tied up with Minnesota for the conference semifinals.
- The Nuggets lost the first game of this series at home, as Timberwolves beat them by 106-99. Denver lost three in last five games against Wolves.
- C Nikola Jokic was dominant as he scored 32 points with 8 rebounds and 9 assists but wasn’t enough for the win, as they also out rebounded by Wolves (42-34).
- Jamal Murray had a quiet first half, and finished the game with 17 points and other role players were quiet as Aaron Gordon only finished with nine points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope only had six.
Minnesota Timberwolves Team Updates (1-0):
- The Minnesota Timberwolves shocked the NBA fans as they sweep Phoenix Suns in the first round of Playoffs.
- Minnesota defeated Arizona 106-99 in the series opener on Sunday. The Wolves shot 52.4% from the field, while G. Anthony Edwards scored 43 points on 17-of-29 shooting and had 7 rebounds.
- Edwards closed out the game with a coast-to-coast layup, as seen above. Karl-Anthony Towns struggled with foul trouble late in the game but still managed to finish with 20 points.
- Naz Reid made a huge impact off the bench, scoring 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter.
DEN vs MIN Injury Updates:
Nuggets (DEN): Colen Gillespie (knee injury), Vlatko Cancar (knee injury)
Timberwolves (MIN): Jaylen Clark (Achilles)
DEN vs MIN Postseason Players Comparisons:
- Points: Nikola Jokic (28.8) vs Anthony Edwards (33.4)
- Rebounds: Nikola Jokic (14.8) vs Rudy Gobert (11.4)
- Assists: Nikola Jokic (9.7) vs Mike Conley (7.0)
- Steals: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (2.0) vs Anthony Edwards (1.8)
- Blocks: Jamal Murray (1.0) vs Rudy Gobert (1.2)
- Free Throw%: Nikola Jokic (94.3) vs Mike Conley (88.0)
- Field Goal Percentage%: Nikola Jokic (55.9) vs Karl-Anthony Towns (54.8)
- Three Point Percentage%: Michael-Porter-Jr (50.0) vs Karl-Anthony Towns (52.4)
Nuggets vs Timberwolves Winning Prediction:
- Even with Minnesota’s surprising victory in the opening game of this series at Nuggets home, Denver is still the favourite in this series. It would be a huge upset if Minnesota won two games away from home as it would become problematic for the defensive champions but it seems the Nuggets will play better to tie the score.
- Jamal Murray has to step up against Timberwolves in game 2 and give some support to Jokic, or it would be hard for Nuggets to clinch this game.
DEN vs MIN Last 10 H2H Match-up:
DEN (Nuggets): 4 games won
MIN (Timberwolves): 6 games won
Nuggets vs Timberwolves Team Squads:
DEN (Nuggets): Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Christian Braun, Michael-Porter-Jr, Julian Strawther, Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokic, DeAndre Jordan, Reggie Jackson, Jalen Pickett, Collin Gillespie, Justin Holiday, Jay Huff, Hunter Tyson, Vlatko Cancar, Braxton Key, Peyton Watson, Zeke Nnaji
MIN (Timberwolves): Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Kyle Anderson, Troy Brown Jr., Jaylen Clark, Mike Conley, Anthony Edwards, Luka Garza, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, Jordan McLaughlin, Leonard Miller, Shake Milton, Josh Minott, Wendell Moore Jr., Daishen Nix, Naz Reid, Karl-Anthony Towns.
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