Timberwolves Host Nuggets -- Winner is In NBA Playoffs

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The Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves meet at Target Center on Wednesday night. This game is the culmination of the 82 game regular season. It is winner take all. The winner of this game proceeds to the NBA playoffs.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, Altitude (Denver), FS North (Minnesota).

Oddsmakers opened the Timberwolves as -4-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game's total opened at 220. The line is now Minnesota -3.5 and the total is at 216.

Months of play have led to Wednesday's final regular-season game between these two teams in Minnesota. Wednesday's winner will go to the playoffs. The loser will start its offseason and prepare for the draft.

The seeding possibilities for the winner in the packed Western Conference standings are not determined yet.  A win is the only thing that matters for now for these two teams.

The Nuggets came from behind to beat Portland 88-82 on Monday to set up this showdown.

No One Expected This From Either Team, Especially the Trail Blazers

Two weeks ago it didn't seem feasible the season coming down to the final game. Minnesota was playing without All-Star Jimmy Butler. They were fading down the stretch. When the Wolves lost 100-96 at Denver on April 5, it was their final game without Butler and ended a 6-9 stretch.

Minnesota has won the past two games with Butler back in the lineup after having knee surgery. Monday's win against Portland was the Nuggets' sixth in a row.

It will be a different matchup than the one six days earlier. Butler didn't play in that game. He is still on a minutes restriction and Butler played 22:58 in Monday's win. He had 15 points, three steals and three assists.

Taj Gibson left Monday's game early with a sore neck. He is questionable for Wednesday.

The Nuggets got back guard Gary Harris on Monday. He had missed 11 games with a knee injury. He had 12 points and two steals in 18 minutes off the bench.

Minnesota is riding a 13-season playoff drought. Gibson knows the intensity that will come Wednesday. He experienced a win-and-in regular-season finale in 2010 with the Bulls. Teammate Derrick Rose also was on that Chicago team.

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Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Denver	46-35	37-41-3	110.05	108.48	1.57	20-20-1	17-21-2	40-39-2	20-21	20-18-2
Minnesota	46-35	36-42-3	109.48	107.30	2.18	19-19-2	17-23-1	44-36-1	23-16-1	21-20

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
DEN	25.19	14.38	1.75
MIN	22.68	11.80	1.92

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
DEN	10.96	33.47	44.43
MIN	10.38	31.59	41.97

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
DEN	47.03	47.63	-0.6
MIN	47.66	47.58	0.08

Team Records

Denver Nuggets

Name

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	46-35	31-10	15-25	37-41-3	20-20-1	17-21-2	110.05	108.48	1.57
Last 10	8-2	4-0	4-2	6-4	1-3	5-1	114.00	108.60	5.40
vs Div	9-6	7-1	2-5	9-5-1	5-2-1	4-3	102.20	101.80	0.40
vs EAST	18-12	10-5	8-7	12-17-1	4-11	8-6-1	114.30	110.93	3.37
vs WEST	28-23	21-5	7-18	25-24-2	16-9-1	9-15-1	107.55	107.04	0.51

Minnesota Timberwolves

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	46-35	29-11	17-24	36-42-3	19-19-2	17-23-1	109.48	107.30	2.18
Last 10	6-4	3-2	3-2	4-5-1	2-2-1	2-3	107.00	105.10	1.90
vs Div	9-6	6-1	3-5	8-7	3-4	5-3	109.07	108.67	0.40
vs EAST	13-17	9-6	4-11	10-18-2	7-7-1	3-11-1	109.17	108.40	0.77
vs WEST	33-18	20-5	13-13	26-24-1	12-12-1	14-12	109.67	106.65	3.02

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	110.05	6	107.30	17
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	108.45	7	105.75	18
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	43.17	15	40.60	3
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	109.48	7	108.48	22
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	111.43	7	111.40	26
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	43.08	23	42.97	8

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Denver	6-4	6-4	4-6	104.40	55.80	45.97	40.70	68/197	7.50
Minnesota	4-6	4-6	4-6	104.30	52.90	46.02	44.30	102/277	5.80

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Apr 5, 2018	MIN	96	DEN	100	-4.5	MIN	224.5	U	MIN	Push	DEN	54	51	42.9	39.3	47	47	6/24	11/36	4	3
Dec 27, 2017	DEN	125	MIN	128	-5	DEN	211.5	O	MIN	DEN	DEN	58	71	46.2	52.2	48	42	15/39	12/29	3	4
Dec 20, 2017	MIN	112	DEN	104	-1	MIN	214.5	O	DEN	DEN	DEN	50	52	49.4	50	37	42	8/24	13/28	12	6
Feb 15, 2017	MIN	112	DEN	99	-6.5	MIN	225.5	U	MIN	DEN	DEN	62	60	47.7	40.4	45	49	6/18	11/34	12	4
Jan 22, 2017	DEN	108	MIN	111	-3.5	DEN	221	U	MIN	DEN	DEN	58	62	51.2	53.6	40	36	7/24	6/15	7	11
Dec 28, 2016	MIN	103	DEN	105	-4	MIN	217	U	DEN	MIN	DEN	49	49	44.7	51.9	43	38	7/25	10/28	8	6
Nov 3, 2016	DEN	102	MIN	99	-3.5	DEN	204.5	U	DEN	DEN	MIN	55	61	48.1	39.8	44	43	6/22	9/22	10	8
Jan 6, 2016	DEN	78	MIN	74	-3.5	DEN	201.5	U	MIN	DEN	DEN	42	44	35.8	38.4	46	40	8/20	3/11	3	5
Dec 15, 2015	DEN	112	MIN	100	-6.5	DEN	202.5	O	DEN	DEN	DEN	63	49	56.2	46.8	39	31	10/18	4/10	9	6
Dec 11, 2015	MIN	108	DEN	111	-1	DEN	202	O	DEN	DEN	DEN	56	41	43.7	44.2	43	50	7/19	11/28	5	7

NBA Betting Trends

Denver Nuggets
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Denver is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Denver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Denver is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Denver's last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Denver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Denver is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota

Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota is 8-16-1 ATS in its last 25 games
Minnesota is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Minnesota is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Minnesota's last 13 games at home
Minnesota is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Denver
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing Denver
Minnesota is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denver
Minnesota is 5-16 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against Denver

Team Last 5 Games

Denver Nuggets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Apr 9, 2018	POR	88-82	W	-4.5	220.5	W/U	37.35	76.92	6	H
Apr 7, 2018	LAC	134-115	W	-3.5	222	W/O	62.35	69.57	12	A
Apr 5, 2018	MIN	100-96	W	-4.5	224.5	L/U	39.33	86.36	11	H
Apr 3, 2018	IND	107-104	W	-4	212	L/U	46.07	75.00	10	H
Apr 1, 2018	MIL	128-125	W	-5.5	223	L/O	44.44	80.43	11	H

Minnesota Timberwolves

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Apr 9, 2018	MEM	113-94	W	-16	214	W/U	48.28	84.62	7	H
Apr 6, 2018	LAL	113-96	W	-5	221	W/U	43.00	73.08	8	A
Apr 5, 2018	DEN	96-100	L	4.5	224.5	W/U	42.86	75.00	6	A
Apr 1, 2018	UTA	97-121	L	2.5	208	L/O	42.22	92.86	8	H
Mar 30, 2018	DAL	93-92	W	-6	217	L/U	42.17	88.24

 

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