The Portland Trail Blazers (15-38) will look to halt a three-game home losing streak when taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves (38-16) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at Moda Center, airing at 10:00 PM ET on ROOT Sports NW+ and BSN.
The Timberwolves enter their matchup against the Trail Blazers as a 9.5-point favorite. The point total for the game is set at 216.5.
Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Minnesota -9.5
- Total: 216.5
- Moneyline: Minnesota -467, Portland +359
Timberwolves at Trail Blazers odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 9.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (216.5)
- Prediction:
Timberwolves 118 – Trail Blazers 105
- Minnesota has been the favorite in 41 games this season and has come away with the win 31 times (75.6%) in those contests.
- This year, Minnesota has won nine of 11 games when listed as at least -467 or better on the moneyline.
- Minnesota has an implied victory probability of 82.4% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- Portland is 14-34 in games it was listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 29.2% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +359 or longer, Portland has a record of 4-13 (23.5%).
- Portland has a 21.8% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- The Timberwolves score just 2.8 fewer points per game (113.7) than the Trail Blazers give up (116.5).
- Minnesota is 16-6-1 against the spread and 20-3 overall when scoring more than 116.5 points.
- Portland has put together a 19-9 ATS record and a 12-16 overall record in games it scores more than 107 points.
- Minnesota is 22-7-2 against the spread and 28-3 overall when it allows fewer than 108.2 points.
- The Timberwolves are the NBA’s 20th-ranked scoring team (113.7 PPG), while the Trail Blazers rank 17th in points per game allowed (116.5) in the league.
- The 29th-ranked scoring NBA team (108.2 PPG) is Portland, while the Minnesota squad ranks first in the league defensively (107 PPG).
- The Timberwolves have out-scored their opponents by a total of 362 points this season (6.7 points per game on average), and opponents of the Trail Blazers have out-scored them by 440 more points on the year (8.3 per game).
Over/Under
- Minnesota’s average implied point total this year is 1.5 more points than its implied total in Thursday’s game (114.5 implied points on average compared to 113 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Minnesota has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (113) 30 times.
- The 117.7-point average implied total on the season for Portland is 13.7 more points than the team’s 104-point implied total in this matchup.
How to watch Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers
- Game Day: Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ROOT Sports NW+ and BSN
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Arena: Moda Center
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
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