The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the road and will take on the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday night November 5, 2014. The game will tip off at 7:35 PM on Barclay's Center, Brooklyn, New York. The game can be seen live online for free here. Game replay is also included in the site.
The Nets (2-1) are playing a whole new different basketball now that Brook Lopez is healthy and in the starting line up. The team will need Lopez's size when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves who are loaded with young talented athletes who can explode from above the rim. Lopez made his season debut Monday against the depleted Oklahoma City Thunder after missing the first two games of the season with a sprained right foot, the same foot that he injured last December. He finished with 18 points and six rebounds in the 116-85 victory.
"I can't put it in words," said Lopez, who underwent foot surgery last season per Yahoo Sports. "It was great to be back out there. I've missed it for a long time."
The Nets split two meetings with Minnesota last season, although that was a whole different team from the one they are about to face on Wednesday night. The Timberwolves are now without Kevin Love after the block buster trade this summer and all the three players they received in the deal are playing significant roles. Thaddeus Young is averaging 17.7 points, No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins has started all three games. and 2013 top overall pick Anthony Bennett has played well off the bench. The team will kick off a three-game road trip Wednesday.
"I think it's going to be great for us," Martin said. "... A lot of times, you don't get these kind of road trips until January or February, but we have one right away. It's going to be a big test for us, but it's a time where we all can come together."
Minnesota is also expected to have power forward Thaddeus Young available after he passed his concussions tests and returned to practice after a scary collision with Chicago guard Jimmy Butler on Saturday.
Brooklyn is the favorite in this match-up, laying -5.5 points here at home. The Total has been posted at Over/Under 206.0 per Pro Crappers.
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