Toronto Raptors vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 16 (2/16): NBA

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Odds

Time	7:30  p.m. EST
Raptors money line	+105
Raptors spread	+2
Wolves money line	-130
Wolves spread	-2
Over / under	230.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Record	31-25	31-27
Road / home record	15-12	17-10
Streak	L2	W2
Points per game	108.77	113.3
Points allowed per game	107.18	111.7
Rebounds per game	44.77	44.65
Rebounds allowed per game	44.34	46.16
Over / under record	31-25	36-22

 

 

Preview

Toronto Raptors will meet Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday at Minnesota which will be their first game against eachother this season.

Minnesota Timberwolves are coming off an Overtime win against Charlotte Hornets (126-120) yesterday in a big game for Karl-Anthony Towns with 39 Points, 15 Rebounds and 3 Assists which puts them in 7th place in the Western conference.

Toronto Raptors will have a rest advantage here after they lost last game to the Pelicans (120-90) On Monday which also puts them in 7th place in the Eastern conference. Raptors are 8-1 ATS last 9 games after an ATS loss, they are also 10-2 straight up last 12 after an ATS loss and they are 5-1 ATS last 6 road games and last 6 games against a team with a winning record too. Under is 7-1 last 8 road games for Toronto Vs a team with a winning record.

Minnesota Timberwolves are 5-0-1 last 6 home games and 4-0 ATS last 4 game last against Teams with a winning record at home. Over is 4-0 last 4 games when playing on 0 days rest for the Timberwolves.

Raptors are 4-1 ATS last 5 games vs the Timberwolves and 12-4 ATS last 16 games, they have the rest advantage here and they need a bounce back win here. I like the Raptors to win this game.

Fred VanVleet is Questionable for Toronto.

Anthony Edwards and M.Wright VI are Questionable for Minnesota.

 

Head to Head

Toronto Raptors have been getting the best of this matchup with the Timberwolves in recent games, Raptors are 7-3 straight up and 5-5 ATS last 10 games and 4-1 ATS last 5 games, the O/U is 5-5 last 10 games with the Raptors scoring averaging 114 points and the Timberwolves averaging 108.1 points.

Prediction

Minnesota timberwolves is a team that has been so up and down this season, Raptors have proven many times this season that they bounce back in a big way after a loss (10-2) last 12 games after a loss. I like the Raptors here they need this win to break the 2 games losing streak and they are the more rested team as Minnesota is playing on a back to back. Give me the Raptors.

Pick: Raptors +2.5 (-110)

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