NBA Free Premium Play 12/12: Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves

Denver  at Minnesota

NBA - 713 Denver Nuggets @ 714 Minnesota Timberwolves Projected Line: Minnesota by 7 points Denver is coming from a win at Detroit yesterday, where they started the game terribly and so, they were quickly down by 17 points. Fortunately for the Nuggets, Detroit was on a bad spot and with a poor bench, Denver was able to turn around the game. Detroit showed once again that they struggled in defending the opposing guards, so Ty Lawson had 9-17 FG and 7 assists. With that, the Nuggets had good numbers on pick and roll ball handler plays, spot ups and cuts. Andre Iguodala and Danilo Gallinari struggled on their outside shooting, but Corey Brewer compensated that with 6-11 FG and 3-5 3pts. Detroit won the boards battle and Brandon Knight had a nice game, but Greg Monroe struggled badly with 1-9 FG and 5 turnovers. Detroit struggled in attacking Denver's bad transition defense, a sign of lack of energy and with a lot of turnovers and with Greg Monroe struggling, they had no chances. For today, the Nuggets have a very tough spot that normally results in no-shows: three games in four days, with this game being also a back to back, with all three games being played on the road. This is also a final game of a road trip and they will face the Grizzlies at home next Friday. Denver has been rebounding terribly on this road trip and the truth is that they grabbed just 44.31%, 49.13%, 44.52% and 42.05% of the rebounds on their last four games. On the other hand, Minnesota had three days of rest for this contest, so they have an excellent spot for today. On the previous game between these two teams, Denver won with a comeback win on the 2nd half, on the first game that Kevin Love played this season. He crushed Denver on the first half, but then had no legs to repeat the same feat on the second half. Minnesota with Nikola Pekovic, Kevin Love and Andrei Kirilenko should be able to take advantage of Denver's rebounding problems, besides the fact that the Wolves have a great rim defense and they will be able to limit Denver's offense that likes to attack the rim and with them struggling at the rim and being forced to try jump shots on a poor spot, this won't go well for them tonight. Minnesota is also #3 on transition defense, therefore the Wolves have the spot and the matchup to have an easy win tonight and so, I'll be taking them in here. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 714 Minnesota Timberwolves (-3,5) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker