Overview
- Tipoff is 10:30 p.m. ET at Ball Arena with national coverage on ABC and ESPN, the final game of the NBA’s Christmas slate.
- Minnesota lists Bones Hyland questionable with an illness and Jaden McDaniels probable with a left oblique contusion following team updates.
- Denver continues without Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun in December, and shooter Cameron Johnson picked up a knee issue in the last game that left his status uncertain.
- The Timberwolves have won 10 of 12 behind Anthony Edwards’ near-30-point scoring run, and he predicted a 30-to-40 point night in a pregame interview.
- Odds slightly favor Denver at home (examples: Nuggets -2.5 to -3.5), even after the Nuggets won the first two meetings this season and with last season’s playoff history in Minnesota’s favor.