The San Antonio Spurs (21-59, 14-26 Home) will try to slow down one of the NBA’s top shooting teams when they welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves (40-40, 19-21 Away) on Saturday. Minnesota defeated the Brooklyn Nets 107-102 at Barclays Center on Tuesday. Anthony Edwards was the scoring leader with 23 points.
Karl-Anthony Towns chipped in with 22 points, 14 rebounds, and five assists. The Timberwolves are the ninth seed in the Western Conference. San Antonio won a close one on Thursday at Moody Center, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 129-127. Keita Bates-Diop had 25 points to lead the team.
The Spurs are the 14th seed in the Western Conference. It’s the final meeting of the season between the teams. Minnesota will be looking to even the season series after getting the win in only one of the three earlier matchups. San Antonio won the last showdown 107-98 at AT&T Center in October 2022.
Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 25 points and eight assists. Towns had 26 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. The T’Wolves have been led this season by Edwards, who is averaging 24.5 points per game. Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert is grabbing 11.7 rebounds per game, third-most in the league, and Kyle Anderson is dishing 4.9 assists.
Johnson (22.0 ppg) has been the primary provider of the Spurs’ offense. Zach Collins is pulling down 6.4 rebounds per game, and Tre Jones is doling out 6.5 assists. The Timberwolves are shooting 49.0% from the field, ranking as one of the most accurate field goal shooting teams in the league (4th).
The Timberwolves are making the first trip to face the Spurs at Moody Center.Minnesota is 5-5 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -2.5 (114.4-116.9). San Antonio has gone 3-7 over the last 10, allowing 127.4 points per game on average while scoring only 111.8 (-15.6 margin).
TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Naz Reid: 23.0 | 17.5 | +5.5
Points per game:
Mike Conley: 15.4 | 11.7 | +3.7
Rebounds per game:
Anthony Edwards: 3.8 | 5.7 | -1.9
Assists per game:
Kyle Anderson: 7.2 | 4.9 | +2.3
Mike Conley: 4.2 | 6.7 | -2.5
SPURS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Keita Bates-Diop: 23.4 | 14.5 | +8.9
Points per game:
Doug McDermott: 16.0 | 10.2 | +5.8
Rebounds per game:
Sandro Mamukelashvili: 7.8 | 4.1 | +3.7
Keldon Johnson: 3.0 | 5.0 | -2.0
Assists per game:
Tre Jones: 8.4 | 6.5 | +1.9
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Minnesota Timberwolves -13.5 (-115)
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