Six games are going to happen in the NBA on Sunday night and one game will be in Minnesota between the local Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets. Both teams play in the Western Conference, and Minnesota has 28 wins, 27 losses and the 8th place in the standings while Denver is the best team in the conference with 37 wins and 16 losses. In this game, I'm predicting that Minnesota is going to win.

The start of the season was very poor for the Timberwolves. They lost more games than won but now the situation is finally better. The team has won 6 out of the last 9 games and they have been very good at home as Minnesota has won 5 out of the last 7 home games. Per advanced stats, the Timberwolves have the 21st-best offense at home (113.6), 16th-best defense (111.6) and 19th-best net rating (2.0).

As mentioned before, the Nuggets are the best team in the conference and they have won the last 3 home games. At home, Denver has a fantastic record of 25 wins and only 4 losses but on the road, they have 12 wins and 12 losses. Per advanced stats, the Nuggets have the 8th-best offense on the road (114) but only the 24th-best defense (117.3) with the 21st-best net rating (-3.3).

Last night Denver had a game at home versus the Hawks, and the Nuggets won it by 20 points. The main players had a lot of minutes, and the team has decided to sit out Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Aaron Gordon while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will also miss the game. It means that 4 starters won't play tonight, and Denver will be shorthanded. Without Jokic this season, the Nuggets have won 3 games and lost 4. At the same time, in those matches, the team didn't miss 4 starters.

As a home team, Minnesota has covered the spread in 16 out of 31 games while they have done it in 6 out of the last 10 home games. On the road, the Nuggets have covered the spread in just 10 out of 24 games but in the last 10 games, they have done it just 4 times. Teams have met this year already 2 times. In Minnesota, the Timberwolves won by 13 points while 2 weeks later, the Nuggets won by 4 points at home although Minnesota was leading for the majority of the game.

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周日晚上将有六场NBA比赛，其中一场将在明尼苏达州森林狼队和丹佛掘金队之间进行。两支球队都在西部，森林狼28胜27负，排名第8，而掘金是西部最好的球队，37胜16负。在这场比赛中，我预测森林狼会赢。

本赛季森林狼的开局非常糟糕。他们输的比赢的多，但现在情况终于好转了。这支球队在过去的9场比赛中赢了6场，他们在主场表现非常好，因为森林狼在过去的7场主场比赛中赢了5场。根据高级数据，森林狼在主场拥有第21佳的进攻(113.6)，第16佳的防守(111.6)和第19佳的净效率(2.0)。

如前所述，掘金是联盟中最好的球队，他们已经赢了最近3个主场比赛。在主场，掘金有25胜4负的神奇战绩，但在客场，他们有12胜12负。根据高级数据，掘金在客场的进攻(114分)排名第八，但防守(117.3分)排名第24，净效率(-3.3分)排名第21。

昨晚掘金在主场对阵老鹰，掘金以20分的优势获胜。主要球员都有很多出场时间，球队已经决定让尼古拉·约基奇、贾马尔·穆雷和阿隆·戈登缺席比赛，而肯塔维·考德威尔·波普也将缺席比赛。这意味着今晚有4名首发球员不能上场，丹佛将会出现人手短缺。本赛季没有约基奇，掘金赢了3场，输了4场。与此同时，在这些比赛中，球队没有错过4名首发球员。

作为一支主场球队，森林狼在过去31场比赛中有16场胜利，而他们在过去10场主场比赛中有6场胜利。在客场比赛中，掘金在24场比赛中只有10场取得了胜利，但在过去的10场比赛中，他们只有4次做到了这一点。球队今年已经碰面2次了。在森林狼，森林狼赢了13分，而两周后，掘金在主场赢了4分，尽管森林狼在比赛的大部分时间里领先。