The Minnesota Timberwolves (22-24, 14-10 Home), one of the NBA’s top shooting teams, welcome the Toronto Raptors (20-25, 6-14 Away) on Thursday. Toronto was defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks 130-122 at Fiserv Forum on Tuesday. Fred VanVleet led the way in the loss with 39 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists. The Raptors are the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference.
Minnesota is playing on back-to-back days after losing yesterday at Ball Arena, falling to the Denver Nuggets 122-118. Jaden McDaniels topped the scoresheet in the losing effort with 18 points. With 13 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists, Kyle Anderson also had a strong game. The Timberwolves are 10th in the Western Conference. The teams are meeting for the first time this season.
Toronto won both matchups between the teams last season, the last of which was a 125-102 triumph at Scotiabank Arena in March 2022, their third straight head-to-head victory. Gary Trent Jr. led the Raptors with 29 points. Anthony Edwards had 24 points and eight rebounds in the loss.
The Raptors have been led this season by Pascal Siakam, who is averaging 25.5 points per game. Siakam also is contributing 8.2 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game.Edwards’ 23.7 points per game have powered the T’Wolves on offense. Rudy Gobert is posting 11.5 rebounds per game, third-most in the league, and D’Angelo Russell is doling out 6.2 assists.
The Timberwolves are shooting 49.3% from the field for the season, ranking as one of the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (3rd). The Raptors have had the advantage in recent trips to Target Center, winning seven of the last 10.
Meanwhile, the Timberwolves are 3-4 this season when playing on consecutive nights and 3-2 in such games against opponents with at least a day of rest. The Raptors are 4-6 with a rest advantage. Toronto is 5-5 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +1.1 (115.7-114.6).
Minnesota has gone 6-4 over the last 10, scoring 116.5 points per game on average while holding opponents to 114.5 (+2.0 margin).
RAPTORS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Rebounds per game:
OG Anunoby: 3.8 | 5.7 | -1.9
TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Kyle Anderson: 23.8 | 16.8 | +7.0
Rudy Gobert: 15.0 | 25.6 | -10.6
Points per game:
Rudy Gobert: 7.0 | 13.3 | -6.3
Rebounds per game:
Naz Reid: 6.2 | 4.9 | +1.3
Rudy Gobert: 7.8 | 11.5 | -3.7
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Minnesota Timberwolves
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