The 20-35 Minnesota Timberwolves will travel to play the 26-31 Portland Trailblazers in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Portland is scheduled for 10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.
The odds from this NBA game has the home club Portland Trailblazers favored by -8 ½ points with an over under line of 196 points. There has been no line movement since the odds opened up a few hours ago.
The teams have met three times this season with Portland winning and covering the point spread in all three games.
Minnesota has a road record of 7-21 on the year. They lose their fourth straight after a 116-94 road defeat on Thursday night to the LA Lakers as a +10 point underdog. The total came in at over 205 points. The Timberwolves shot 45.7% from the floor and made 7 of 21 three pointers. They give up 53% shooting to the Lakers along with 16 of 32 makes from beyond the arc. Jose Barea came off the bench for 20 points and five assists on 8 of 14 shooting in the loss. With the injuries to Kevin Love and Chase Budinger the Timberwolves offense has tanked. They are in the lower third of the NBA in all four key offensive categories which makes things extremely difficult in the Western conference. Minnesota is 30th in the league in three point shooting at 30% from distance.
The Trailblazers are 18-10 on their home court. They lose their eighth game in nine tries after a 111-109 home defeat on Wednesday to the Denver Nuggets as a +2 point underdog. The game finished over 210 ½ points. Portland shot 44.7% from the floor and made 10 of 25 three pointers. The Trailblazers struggled defending the Nuggets as they allow 51.7% shooting to Portland. Damian Lillard had 26 points and four assists on 8 of 14 shooting. In the playoff picture the Trailblazers sit in the 10th seed four games behind the eighth seeded Houston Rockets. Portland to make the playoffs will need to defend better. They allow 46.7% shooting ranking 28th and third to last in the NBA.
