The Houston Rockets (38-36) travel to face the Minnesota Timberwolves (51-23) after victories in seven straight road games. It tips at 8:00 PM ET on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
The Timberwolves are an 8.5-point favorite against the Rockets when the Timberwolves and the Rockets square off. The game’s point total is set at 217.
Timberwolves vs. Rockets Betting Odds
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- Spread: Minnesota -8.5
- Total: 217
- Moneyline: Minnesota -350, Houston +272
Rockets at Timberwolves odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 8.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (217)
- Prediction:
Timberwolves 116 – Rockets 107
- Minnesota has been the favorite in 55 games this season and has come away with the win 41 times (74.5%) in those contests.
- This season, Minnesota has come away with a win 16 times in 20 chances when named as a favorite of at least -350 or shorter on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies Minnesota has a 77.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- Houston has a 16-31 record in games it was listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 34% of those games).
- Houston has gone 2-5 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +272 or longer (28.6%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, Houston has an implied win probability of 26.9%.
- The 112.9 points per game the Timberwolves average are just 0.3 more points than the Rockets allow (112.6).
- Minnesota is 26-12-1 against the spread and 32-7 overall when scoring more than 112.6 points.
- When it scores more than 106.2 points, Houston is 32-19-1 against the spread and 30-22 overall.
- Minnesota has an ATS record of 35-19-3 and a 48-9 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 114.2 points.
- The Timberwolves are the NBA’s 18th-ranked scoring team (112.9 PPG), while the Rockets rank 10th in points per game allowed (112.6) in the league.
- The 16th-ranked scoring NBA team (114.2 PPG) is Houston, while the Minnesota squad ranks first in the league defensively (106.2 PPG).
- The Timberwolves have scored a total of 490 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 6.7 per game), and the Rockets have out-scored opponents by 119 points on the season (1.6 more per game).
Over/Under
- Minnesota has an average implied point total of 113.9 this season, which is 0.9 points higher than its implied total in Tuesday’s game (113).
- So far this season, Minnesota has put up more than 113 points 39 times.
- The average implied point total on the year for Houston (115.5) is 11.5 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (104).
How to watch Timberwolves vs. Rockets
- Game Day: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: BSNX and Space City Home Network
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Arena: Target Center
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
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