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 team on Christmas night. Unfortunately for the Nuggets, starting forward Cam Johnson suffered a knee injury in their last game, and now Denver will be severely shorthanded moving forward.

Nikola Jokic set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 142-138 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Christmas night.

For the second consecutive season, and the fourth time in franchise history, the Minnesota Timberwolves played on Christmas Day. Tonight, it was against a familiar foe, Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets. Whenever these two teams match up, crazy things seem to happen, and tonight was no exception.

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić made NBA history in the team's overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, delivering a Christmas masterpiece.

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards capitalized on his ejection in Christmas classic vs. Nuggets, via a Sprite advertisement

Anthony Edwards scored 44 points, including the tying three-pointer with 1.1 seconds left in regulation, but was ejected late in OT by officials.

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Jaquez shoots 8.4 field goals from within eight feet per game — just behind Lauri Markkannen, Karl-Anthony Towns and Alex Sarr — making 58 percent of them. That’s his bread-and-butter. He takes few attempts per game overall than any of those three.

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