The Minnesota Timberwolves (4-5) will try to break a three-game losing streak when they host the Houston Rockets (1-8) at 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The Rockets have dropped five games in a row.
The Timberwolves take the court as 8.5-point favorites against the Rockets.
Timberwolves vs. Rockets Betting Odds
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- Spread: Minnesota -8.5
- Moneyline: Minnesota -358, Houston +282
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Rockets at Timberwolves odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 8.5)
- Prediction:
Timberwolves 117 – Rockets 108
- Minnesota has won in four of the seven contests it has been named as the odds-on favorite in this year.
- Minnesota has yet to lose in three games when named as at least a -358 moneyline favorite.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Minnesota has a 78.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- Houston has compiled a 1-8 record in games it was the underdog on the moneyline (winning 11.1% of those games).
- Houston has not yet won a game when entering as a moneyline underdog with odds of +282 or longer in four chances.
- Houston has an implied moneyline win probability of 26.2% in this contest.
- The 112.8 points per game the Timberwolves put up are only 2.9 fewer points than the Rockets give up (115.7).
- Minnesota has a 2-1 record against the spread and a 2-1 record overall when putting up more than 115.7 points.
- Minnesota has a 2-1 record when scoring more than 115.7 points.
- When Houston gives up fewer than 112.8 points, it is 3-1 against the spread and 1-3 overall.
- Houston is 1-3 when allowing fewer than 112.8 points.
- The Rockets score an average of 107.0 points per game, 6.7 fewer points than the 113.7 the Timberwolves allow to opponents.
- Houston has put together a 1-0-1 ATS record and a 1-1 overall record in games it scores more than 113.7 points.
- Houston has put together a 1-1 record in games it scores more than 113.7 points.
- Minnesota’s record is 2-0 against the spread and 2-0 overall when it allows fewer than 107.0 points.
- Minnesota has a 2-0 record when its opponents score fewer than 107.0 points.
- The Timberwolves are the league’s 19th-ranked scoring team (112.8 PPG), while the Rockets allow the rank 22nd in points per game (115.7) in NBA action.
- The 29th-ranked scoring NBA team (107.0 PPG) is Houston, while the Minnesota squad ranks 16th in the league defensively (113.7 PPG).
- The Timberwolves have a -8-point scoring differential on the season (-0.9 per game). The Rockets have also been out-scored by opponents on average this year (78 total points, 8.7 per game).