Portland Trail Blazers at Minnesota Timberwolves odds, picks and predictions

Jess Root | Staff Writer

The Portland Trail Blazers (10-27) and Minnesota Timberwolves (26-11) meet Friday. Tip-off from Target Center is at 8 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's lines around the Trail Blazers vs. Timberwolves odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.

Season series: First meeting. Portland won 3-1 last season.

The Blazers have gone 1-5 on their 7-game road trip thus far. They played Thursday night, getting blown out 139-77 by the Oklahoma City Thunder, failing to cover the 13.5-point spread as underdogs.

The Timberwolves are back home after a 2-2 road trip. They are coming off a 127-120 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics but covered the 10.5-point spread as underdogs. They are 2-4 in their last 6 games.

Trail Blazers at Timberwolves odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 10:50 a.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Trail Blazers +800 (bet $100 to win $800) | Timberwolves -1400 (bet $1,400 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Trail Blazers +15.5 (-110) | Timberwolves -15.5 (-110)
Over/Under (O/U): 221.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

Trail Blazers at Timberwolves key injuries

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Timberwolves

C Rudy Gobert (hip) questionable

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Trail Blazers at Timberwolves picks and predictions

Prediction

Timberwolves 115, Trail Blazers 93

Moneyline

Portland is 5-16 on the road this season and has only 1 win in its last 10 away games. It has cracked 100 points only twice so far on the road trip.

Minnesota (-1400) is 14-2 at home this season.

There is no reason to believe that this will be anything other than a blowout victory for the Wolves, which is why the odds are -1400 for them to win.

Should you ever make a bet where you have to wager 14 times what you can win? Definitely not on a regular-season NBA game.

PASS.

Against the spread

The Trail Blazers' 5 losses on the road trip have all been by at least 18 points. They are playing for the 2nd night in a row after a 62-point loss.

Minnesota is 19-18 ATS on the season and 9-7 ATS at home, but Portland is going through a bad stretch.

BET TIMBERWOLVES -15.5 (-110).

Over/Under

Minnesota averages 113.1 points per game (PPG) this season. The most it has scored in its last 10 games is 122 points.

The Blazers have averaged 97.1 PPG on the road trip. They have failed to reach 100 points in 4 of their last 6 and have even failed to score 80 in 3 of those games.

BET UNDER 221.5 (-110).

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