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This wildly entertaining series has seen both teams win twice on the opponent's home floor. Denver's Game 6 no-show in Minnesota is cause for concern, but this is still a championship-caliber team that has shown its mettle in crunch time spots. The Timberwolves have a great young core and will probably be a thorn for the Nuggets in years to come, but Denver feels like a safe bet to take care of business and reach the conference finals.
I don't love the price, but I expect Denver to win at home and move on to take on the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals. The Nuggets are coming off a historically bad performance in Game 6, and I expect a strong bounce back in Game 7 with their season on the line.
I'd like the Wolves to win. Dunno, it's sorta hard watching the Nuggets after a while. All those kinda jerky weird motions that Nikola Jokic does. But don't get me wrong dude is a brilliant player. History has shown us that up-and-coming teams like Minnesota don't win Game 7s on the road. I very remember the Scottie Pippen migraine game in Detroit (that actually helped craft those Bulls as afterward MJ said forget this, I'm taking over). Well, at least he played a little that day and didn't beg out like a certain other time.
Never mind what happened to the Nuggets on Thursday night at Target Center; Denver waved the white flag early after a slow start, deciding to save its resources for one more home date on Sunday. Meanwhile, the T-wolves might want to use some of those 115 points they rolled up on Sunday, but the Nuggets have bounced off of the deck before in this series, specifically game 3 when in a must-win situation on the road. The Joker is two games removed from cooking Rudy Gobert for 40 points (and 13 assists) in Game 5, and we wonder if the T-wolves are going to be able to count on anybody except Anthony Edwards in potential crunch time of a Game Seven. Play Nuggets
This is the lowest total for a Nuggets game all season, and it's not close. The two games in this series that went under 205 were both total blowouts in which starters were pulled way early and Denver barely scored. Not sure that will be the case in a Game 7. MIN playoff games average 209. Nugs avg 207.5. Nugs at home avg 203. Both teams have truly elite scorers. Nuggets won't shoot that poorly again at home with a repeat at stake. Scored 112+ in 3 straight vs that tough MIN defense. Only 2 of 11 DEN playoffs games are under this and 2 of their last 27 overall. Only 2 of 10 MIN playoff games under this and 2 of last 15 overall