Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 4/10/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: Altitude

Ball Arena is where the Denver Nuggets (54-24) will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves (54-24) on Wednesday.

The Timberwolves faced off with the Lakers and went home with a win by a final score of 127-117 in their last contest. In reference to personal fouls, the Timberwolves finished with 20 and the Lakers finished the game with 14 personal fouls. They buried 11 out of their 31 shots from distance. Los Angeles finished the game at 87.5% at the charity stripe by burying 28 of their 32 attempts. Additionally, Los Angeles snagged 41 boards (10 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 3 rejections. Los Angeles doled out 27 assists and had 10 steals for this contest. Pertaining to defense, Minnesota allowed the other team to shoot 46.4% from the field on 39 of 84 shooting. They also doled out 29 assists for this contest as well as forcing the opposition into 15 turnovers and earning 12 steals. With respect to grabbing boards, they collected 46 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Timberwolves knocked down 12 of 14 attempts for a percentage of 85.7%. Minnesota finished the game with a 51.5% FG percentage (50 of 97) and converted 15 out of their 39 three-point attempts.

Naz Reid is a guy who came through in this matchup. Reid finished shooting 75.0% from the floor and also totaled 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 35 minutes and collected 11 rebounds. He left the arena with 31 points on 12 out of 16 shooting.

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Minnesota will play this contest with a mark of 54-24 this season. They lose possession via turnover 13.3 times per contest and as a group are committing 18.8 fouls every game. As a team, Minnesota is snagging 41.0 boards per game and has earned 2,080 assists for the campaign, which is 15th in the league in terms of passing. The Timberwolves are hitting 38.8% on 3-point shots (987 of 2,547) and 77.8% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 113.0 pts per contest (18th in the league) while hitting 48.5% from the field.

On defense, the Timberwolves are forcing their opponents into 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.7 personal fouls. They rank 2nd in the NBA in allowing assists to their opponents with 1,900 surrendered this season. The Timberwolves are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 44.6% (3,021 of 6,766) and they surrender 38.7 boards per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 35.0% on 3-point attempts while they are 1st in the NBA in points per game allowed (106.0).

The last time they took the court, the Nuggets went home victorious with a score of 142-110 when they played the Hawks. The Nuggets snagged 41 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 47 for this game. They coughed up the ball 15 times, while recording 9 steals for the contest. The Hawks earned 18 fouls for the matchup which took the Nuggets to the charity stripe for a total of 16 shots. They were able to convert 13 of the free throw tries for a rate of 81.3%. Regarding shots from beyond the perimeter, Denver made 23 of 41 tries (56.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Nuggets ended up going 53 out of 88 from the field which gave them a rate of 60.2%. The Nuggets permitted the Hawks to make 37 of 87 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.5% in this contest. They shot 32.4% from behind the 3-point line via 12 of 37 and ended up shooting 24 out of 29 at the free throw line (82.8%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Denver permitted Atlanta to get 38 overall (11 on the offensive glass).

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope ended up being a major contributor for the Nuggets in the matchup. Caldwell had 24 points in his 28 mins on the hardwood and had 1 assist in this matchup. He converted 9 out of 12 for this contest for a field goal rate of 75.0%, and had 2 rebounds.

Denver has a win-loss mark of 54-24 for the campaign. On the offensive side of the ball, the Nuggets are hitting on 49.5% from the field, which is ranked 4th in the NBA. Denver has totaled 8,945 pts this season (114.7 per game) and they pull in 40.7 boards per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 29.4 times per contest (3rd in basketball) and they turn it over 11.6 times per game. The Nuggets are committing 18.2 personal fouls every game while shooting 76.4% from the free throw line.

The Nuggets on defense are ranked 6th in basketball in PPG surrendered with 109.7. They are forcing 11.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 46.2% from the field (5th in the NBA). The Denver defense gives up 35.5% on shots from distance (873 of 2,460) and their opposition makes 77.4% of their foul shots. They allow 25.8 dimes and 39.0 boards per game, which is ranked 9th and 5th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota

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