The Minnesota Timberwolves (16-17, 7-9 Away), one of the league’s top shooting teams, head to face the Miami Heat (16-17, 9-8 Home) on Monday. Minnesota lost to the Boston Celtics 121-109 at TD Garden on Friday. Anthony Edwards was the scoring leader in the losing effort with 30 points.
D’Angelo Russell was another standout performer with 21 points, 10 assists, and seven rebounds. The Timberwolves are 10th in the Western Conference. Miami lost their third in a row at home in a close one on Friday at FTX Arena, falling to the Indiana Pacers 111-108.
Tyler Herro led the team in scoring in the losing effort with 28 points. With 20 points, Jimmy Butler also produced a strong performance. The Heat are ninth in the Eastern Conference. It’s the last meeting of the season between the teams.
Minnesota will be pursuing a season sweep against Miami after winning the only previous matchup 105-101 at Target Center on November 21, their third straight head-to-head victory.
Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 25 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds. Kyle Lowry had 21 points and nine assists in defeat.Edwards is averaging 23.2 points per game to lead the T’Wolves in scoring this season.
Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert is grabbing 12.3 rebounds per game, second-most in the league, and Russell is dishing 6.5 assists. Herro (21.4 ppg) and Bam Adebayo (20.8) have been the primary providers for the Heat on offense. Adebayo also has posted 9.8 rebounds per game. Lowry has recorded 5.9 assists per game.
The Timberwolves are shooting 49.0% from the field, ranking as one of the most accurate field goal shooting teams in the NBA (3rd).The Timberwolves have had the advantage in the last 10 visits to FTX Arena, winning six.
Minnesota is 5-5 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -0.3 (114.3-114.6). Miami has also split the last 10 (5-5), allowing 106.5 points per game on average while scoring only 104.5 (-2.0 margin).
TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Austin Rivers: 19.4 | 7.9 | +11.5
Rebounds per game:
Naz Reid: 6.6 | 4.3 | +2.3
Assists per game:
Anthony Edwards: 7.2 | 4.5 | +2.7
HEAT HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Caleb Martin: 11.3 | 17.3 | -6.0
Points per game:
Tyler Herro: 28.8 | 21.4 | +7.4
Max Strus: 8.8 | 12.9 | -4.1
Rebounds per game:
Tyler Herro: 4.4 | 6.0 | -1.6
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Minnesota Timberwolves (+100)
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