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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Friday when the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets meet at Ball Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Nuggets as -6-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game's total opened at 215.
In their last action, Denver was a 104-97 loser at home against the Suns. They failed to cover the -5-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (201) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Minnesota won its last outing, a 106-91 result against the Pistons on March 27. The Timberwolves failed to cover in that game as a -16.5-point favorite, while the 197 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Minnesota:
Team record: 50-22 SU,37-34-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Minnesota is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games
Denver:
Team record: 51-22 SU,33-38-2 ATS
Denver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Denver is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games
Next up:
Minnesota home to Chicago Sunday, March 31
Denver home to Cleveland Sunday, March 31