Denver at Minnesota

The Denver Nuggets surged late to keep their playoff hopes alive, while Minnesota has been steadily improving all season. Tonight's game is essentially a play-in game as the winner moves into the playoffs and the loser goes home. Minnesota has not been in the playoffs for over a decade, so the sense of urgency will be extreme, and they have the backing of the hometown fans. It would be tough not to make the playoffs for this team with 46 wins, as in most years that is good enough. The good news for Minnesota is that this has been a favorable matchup for them, beating the Nuggets four of the last five times these teams have met, including the last two at home. I think the T-Wolves finally break the playoff drought with the win tonight. Back the home team Timberwolves.