The Nuggets have been an incredibly slow starting team all postseason save for a few nights ago. I don't see them revving it back up like that here. They caught the Wolves a little full of themselves but MIN will crank the defensive intensity back up. They didn't build 30-point leads on Denver by accident. I expect them to feed off the crowd and ride their starters hard and get the Nuggets back on their heels.

We saw ANT take over and dominate the first two games of this series. No reason he can't do it again. The Wolves will fight hard not to give up that home-field advantage they won in Denver. I expect Edwards to look to drive and attack the rim with abandon after a more tepid Game 3 and get to the line 10 times. He's too driven and creative to be held down again and it's pretty clear that this team operates at a higher level when he is dropping 35+.

Can't say I was too surprised the Nuggets showed championship mettle in a must-win Game 3, but Nikola Jokic still is not shooting that great in the series, at least by his super-high standards. Minnesota's defense has been about six points better at home in these playoffs and I don't see the Wolves bricking 23 3-pointers again.

In the night cap I’ll tail Nikola Jokic over his points. After winning game three the belief is there for Denver. Game four is going to be an all out battle, and I expect Jokic to be that much more aggressive with his shot selection. This very well could be his best points production game of the postseason. Take his over on points.

Maybe we owe the Nuggets an apology, as their bottoming out in Game 2 last week might have been just that...a low point. Recovering as quality teams do, Denver looked like the champion Denver from last season when destroying the T-wolves on Friday. Getting Michael Porter (21 points) going on Friday night in Game 3 took some of the pressure off of Jamal Murray and The Joker. Meanwhile, the T-wolves showed some vulnerability in games where Anthony Edwards doesn't dominate (only 19 points in Game 3, well beneath what he is capable). No edge yet in this series to playing at home! Play Nuggets

The Wolves needed to get knocked down a beg after 6 straight mostly-emphatic playoff wins, That came but I don't think Denver is deep enough to keep that up, and I expect ANT to dominate at home Sunday afternoon. MIN is the better team and the deeper team and the bigger team. I don't think Jamal Murray is healthy enough to have another game like that and I don't think the Wolves have back-to-back stinkers at home. What they did to the Nuggets in Denver was no fluke. They bounce back here and out the champs on their heels