Nuggets-Timberwolves Game 3
- Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Game 3 is tonight at Minnesota's Target Center with the series tied 1–1. (bleachernation.com) - Denver is listed as a 1.5‑point favorite and tipoff is at 9:30 p.m. ET streaming on Amazon Prime Video. (bleachernation.com) - FanDuel and other sportsbooks have full previews and odds for tonight's playoff slate. (fanduel.com)
Denver and Minnesota head into Game 3 on Thursday night with the series even, shifting the first-round matchup to Target Center in Minneapolis. (nba.com) Tipoff is set for 9:30 p.m. Eastern, and the game is scheduled to stream on Prime Video as the No. 3 Nuggets visit the No. 6 Timberwolves. (nba.com 1) (nba.com 2) Sportsbooks listed Denver as a 1.5-point favorite Thursday, with a game total of 234.5 and a -130 moneyline at FanDuel. (fanduel.com) Minnesota got here by taking Game 2 in Denver, 119-114, after erasing a 19-point deficit. Anthony Edwards finished that win with 30 points and 10 rebounds, while Julius Randle added 24 points and nine rebounds. (nba.com) The matchup is the latest turn in a series between two Western Conference playoff teams separated by three games in the regular-season standings. Denver finished 54-28 for the West’s No. 3 seed, and Minnesota entered the bracket at 48-33 as the No. 6 seed. (9news.com) Game 3 also opens the middle stretch of a best-of-seven set that now runs through at least Saturday, when the teams are scheduled to meet again in Minneapolis for Game 4. If the series goes the distance, Game 7 is set for May 2 in Denver. (9news.com) Thursday’s injury report listed Edwards as questionable for Minnesota because of right knee injury maintenance. Denver listed Aaron Gordon as probable with left calf tightness, and Peyton Watson as out with a right hamstring strain. (nba.com) The statistical center of the series remains Denver’s Nikola Jokic against Minnesota’s top scorers and front line. FanDuel’s season averages listed Jokic at 27.7 points, 12.9 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game, while Edwards was at 28.8 points and Randle at 21.1. (fanduel.com) By late Thursday, the scene shifts from Denver’s split to Minnesota’s home floor, where the Timberwolves are pushing for their first series lead and the Nuggets are trying to take back home-court control. (nba.com)
