The Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 13.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 03:00 UK;
Venue – Moda Center (19.393);
City – Portland, Oregon, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+8) for Timberwolves – 1.50.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 226 – 1.625.
The Wolves were a bit unlucky, but they could have won. We think Chris Finch’s team will learn from their mistakes. It’s very likely that they will do better this time.
Both teams are quite successful offensively. They proved this in the previous game, when they scored 242 points. It’s likely to be a high-scoring encounter as well.
The Portland Trail Blazers lost only to the Denver Nuggets (120-1121) in their last four games. Ahead of their second game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Lillard and company are in high spirits to upset their neighbors in the standings once again.
Lillard is more than just a player for his team. He had 36 points in the last game against Minnesota and there is a feeling that his solo effort will continue in the upcoming game.
The club from Oregon is currently in sixth place in their conference with 14 wins and 12 losses. Two days ago, the Trail Blazers won their first game against the Timberwolves in the last six head-to-head encounters.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have just one win (118-108 over Utah) in their last four away games and a spot in the middle of their conference table. Sadly, Karl-Anthony Towns can’t play because of a calf injury.
The Russell-Edwards-Gober trio scored 74 points in the last game, but it was still not enough to beat Portland.
The Timberwolves would not mind taking revenge on Portland for their loss in the last game, but they lacked depth and Lillard recovered, so they will have to work hard to win.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Portland Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard – Anfernee Simons – Josh Hart – Jerami Grant – Jusuf Nurkić.
Minnesota Timberwolves: D’Angelo Russell – Anthony Edwards – Jaden McDaniels – Kyle Anderson – Rudy Gobert.
Nassir Little (Out), Gary Payton II (Out), Josh Hart (Day-to-day), Justise Winslow (Day-to-day) and Drew Eubanks (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Karl-Anthony Towns (Out), Taurean Prince (Out) and Jordan McLaughlin (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Trail Blazers have not scored more than 118 points in 3 of their last 5 games. We offer to bet on “Trail Blazers Points Under 118.5” with odds of 1.755.
The fixture will be played at Moda Center (19.393) in Portland, Oregon, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 13th of December, 2022, at 03:00 UK Time.
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