The Minnesota Timberwolves and Toronto Raptors will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 20.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 01:00 UK;
Venue – Target Center (18.798);
City – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Raptors – 1.872.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 227 – 1.844.
The Raptors approach the match as clear favourites. The teams have not met in the current championship. The Raptors defeated the Wolves twice last season. The Timberwolves will have a hard time getting a positive result on their home court without Gobert. The team simply does not have a decent replacement for the Frenchman. The Raptors will have to take points on the road in a hard-fought battle.
The teams’ head-to-head encounters tend to be low-scoring. The 205-point mark has not been surpassed in the last two out of three games. The Wolves are averaging 117 home points, while the Raptors are averaging 111 away.
The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered their second defeat in a row. They lost to the Utah Jazz (125-126) and now to the Denver Nuggets (118-122). The Timberwolves gave a battle to one of the Western Conference leaders (-4 points).
Jaden McDaniels had his best game for the Timberwolves. He scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Minnesota Timberwolves rank 10th in the Western Conference. In 46 games, the team has won 22 games and suffered 24 losses.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are averaging 117.3 points per game at home.
Three wins and two defeats. The result of the most recent games of the Toronto Raptors. After a victory over the New York Knicks (123-121), the Canadian team lost to the Milwaukee Bucks (122-130).
They also had two wins over the Charlotte Hornets (132-120 and 124-114) and a fiasco at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks (103-111).
Like Minnesota, Toronto has staff issues. The club has two players on the sideline.
The Toronto Raptors are in 11th place in the East. The team has played 45 games. During this time, the Canadian team won 20 games and suffered 25 losses.
The Toronto Raptors have won seven of the previous eight meetings.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Minnesota Timberwolves: D’Angelo Russell – Anthony Edwards – Jaden McDaniels – Kyle Anderson – Naz Reid.
Toronto Raptors: Fred VanVleet – Gary Trent Jr. – OG Anunoby – Scottie Barnes – Pascal Siakam.
Karl-Anthony Towns (Out), Jordan McLaughlin (Out), Rudy Gobert (Out) and Austin Rivers (Out) are listed as injured for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Otto Porter Jr. (Out) and Dalano Banton (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Toronto Raptors.
The fixture will be played at Target Center (18.798) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 20th of December, 2023, at 01:00 UK Time.
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