Together starting five with Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray

The Minnesota Timberwolves will visit the Denver Nuggets to a duel of teams with 2-4 records in the 2020-21 NBA season. The game will be the second consecutive series between those two teams, as the Nuggets beat Minnesota’s Timberwolves 124-109 on Jan. 3.

Both teams have struggled, with Denver winning just one of their first five games before beating Minnesota, and the Timberwolves losing their last four. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray must put their team on a winning streak to stay among the best in the West, while Karl-Anthony Towns’ health needs to improve to put Minnesota on the right track.

On that note, we create five starts from those two teams. Some careers may be easy to decide, but others are close competitions.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets: Combination starting five

The match will be played at Ball Arena, Denver, where the Nuggets have a 1-3 record. On the Minnesota side, they have a 1-2 record by the way. Both of their losses came on the road in Los Angeles against the LA Lakers and LA Clippers.

Denver has been one of the best offensive teams of the NBA to date, with an Impressive Rating of 116.1 (third place in the league). However, they have struggled defensively, with their Defensive Rating of 116.1 running 29th in the NBA.

Minnesota, on the other hand, has been the worst defensive team in the league, with a Defensive Rating of 117 ranking 30th in the NBA. On offense, the Minnesota Timberwolves suffer, too, as their Criminal Rating of 104 runs 26th out of 30 NBA teams.

With Karl-Anthony Towns just playing two games a season, the Timberwolves have struggled a lot. He has been out with a hamstring injury since Dec. 27, and the team has lost their last four without KAT.

We see five starting five from the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets.