With Denver potentially shorthanded by as many as three starters, the Timberwolves have a strong path to covering the spread in the Mile High City.

The Minnesota Timberwolves face the Denver Nuggets in an NBA Christmas Day Game on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 (12/25/25) at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo.

The Denver Nuggets have lost two of their last three games to move to 21-8 on the season, with their next outing against a challenging Minnesota Timberwolves te

Nikola Jokic’s two highest-scoring games of his career have been in Denver’s last two home games against the 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.

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Nuggets standout forward Cam Johnson went down with a knee injury in their last game against the Dallas Mavericks, and while Denver knew their key offseason addition would not be ready to play on Christmas, they were certainly hoping for a better update on his injury than what they got.

BOTTOM LINE: The Denver Nuggets play the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Nuggets are 3-1 against division opponents. Denver is third in the league with 29.8 assists per game. Nikola Jokic leads the Nuggets averaging 10.9.