Updated: 7:14 AM ET December 24, 2025
Ho ho ho! The tradition of playing NBA games on Christmas Day continues with another enticing 5-game slate this Thursday. ABC will have all 5 games live from noon ET, and my focus here is on the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets clash, which is set to bring down the curtain at 10:30 pm ET. Let’s wrap up the NBA Christmas slate in style with our Timberwolves vs. Nuggets Same Game Parlay picks at +447 odds. You can also find out our experts’ NBA picks for all 5 games!
Nikola Jokic (DEN) to record a Triple-Double (-135)
Anthony Edwards (MIN) to score 35+ points (+265)
Timberwolves vs Nuggets Same Game Parlay odds: +447
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Nikola Jokic (DEN) to record a Triple-Double (-135)
The walking triple-double machine Jokic is averaging 28.7 points, 11.6 rebounds and 10.4 assists in the month of December. For the 3rd month in a row, he is averaging a triple-double. These are video game type numbers that we are witnessing from the Joker. It is no wonder he and SGA are in a dead heat for the regular season MVP trophy, of which the Serbian already has 3 under his belt. Still, you could argue that, statistically, this is his best season as a professional. He’s notched a triple-double 3 times in his last 5 outings, and he’s also done it in both meetings against the Timberwolves — averaging 26 points, 15.5 rebounds and 10.5 assists.
It’s quite obvious that this match-up just isn’t working out for Rudy Gobert. The Timberwolves rank 2nd in triple-doubles allowed to opposing centers this season and 5th in triple doubles allowed overall. Jokic has hit this line 9 times in 14 outings, which is a success rate of 64%. That is more than enough for me to back him to do it yet again.
Anthony Edwards (MIN) to score 35+ points (+265)
Ant-Man is a type of player that really wants the spotlight in big moments, and it hardly gets bigger during the NBA regular season than Christmas Day. This will be his 2nd time playing on this special day, as he scored 26 in a winning effort over the Mavericks last year. There’s no way the Timberwolves are getting a result here with a sub 30-point performance from their best player.
Edwards has been on a scoring binge for a while now, averaging 32 points per game over his last 12 outings while shooting the lights out at 52.2% from the field and an astonishing 44% from three. During this stretch, he has eclipsed the 30-point mark 8 times, while in 6 of those, he went over 35 — which is what we need from him on Thursday. His last visit to Ball Arena saw him go for 34 and 10 rebounds, and he’s scored that many points against Denver twice in 4 meetings. With the Nuggets leading the regular season series 2-0 already, you know Edwards will be extra motivated to do well here.