Scouting Report: Wolves at Nets

The Minnesota Timberwolves head east tonight to take on the New Jersey Nets and will look to bounce back from a 109-99 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday at Target Center. They’ll be taking on a Nets team who also came up short on the road against the Pacers on Tuesday. Tonight’s game at Prudential Center is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. CT.
The Nets are currently 3-6 at home this season, but coming off a 99-96 win over Detroit at Prudential Center on Wednesday, New Jersey looks to put together its first back-to-back home wins of the season. The Nets are slowly coming into their own: After starting the season 2-9 they are winners of six of their past 12 games. By the numbers
Minnesota is 10-5 in its past 15 meetings against New Jersey, winning four in a row before the Nets’ last-second victory on Apr. 5, 2011. In Minnesota’s last trip to New Jersey on Apr. 5, Deron Williams put up 18 points, a career-high 21 assists and sunk the game-winning jumper with 1.7 seconds left to steal the 107-105 victory.
However, earlier that season Minnesota clinched a 103-88 win (Jan. 1) at Target Center – a game that saw Kevin Love score 23 points and the Wolves limit the Nets to just 33 second-half points. Tonight, Minnesota will battle for its third-straight road game win for the first time in more than two years.What to watch for: Williams, Humphries lead the way
New Jersey guard Deron Williams continues to showcase his strengths within the league and value to the Nets, averaging 20.5 points, 8.5 assists and 3.50 rebounds per game.