Overview
- Tip-off is 7:30 PM ET at Target Center with the game streaming exclusively on Peacock.
- Phoenix will be without Devin Booker (right groin) and Jalen Green (right hamstring), and Dillon Brooks is questionable with left Achilles soreness.
- Minnesota added Anthony Edwards and Terrence Shannon Jr. to the injury report with illness, and both were absent from shootaround, per The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski.
- Betting markets heavily favor Minnesota, with DraftKings listing the Timberwolves around -9.5 on the spread and -455 on the moneyline.
- If Brooks cannot play, reporting indicates Ryan Dunn is expected to start for Phoenix, which won the Nov. 22 matchup 114-113 on a late Collin Gillespie jumper.