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Both the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves may be without multiple key players in Thursday's Christmas Day matchup.
Nikola Jokic once identified and called out a play the Timberwolves were planning to run before it happened, a trick so elusively intuitive that it left Minnesota stars Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert openly bewildered in the locker room afterward. It was entirely dependent on memory and intellect.
The Denver Nuggets host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Christmas day. Thursday's meeting will be the third of the season between the two teams.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced that Terrence Shannon Jr. is dealing with a foot injury and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
Nikola Jokić put together possibly the greatest Christmas Day performance in NBA history to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 142-138 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Nikola Jokic brilló en la Navidad con un triple-doble de 56 puntos y estableció un récord de la NBA con 18 unidades en tiempo extra, para guiar el jueves a los Nuggets de Denver hacia una victoria de 142-138 sobre los Timberwolves de Minnesota.