Minnesota Timberwolves at Charlotte Bobcats Free NBA Picks & Odds
by Josh Schonwald - 3/13/2014
Friday, March 14, 7:00 PM on FSN, SPSO
Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina
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The Minnesota Timberwolves will be taking a trip to Charlotte to face the Bobcats in a game of .500 teams. The Bobcats will be looking forward to putting on a better show than the last time they played as they were trounced 119-92. Nikola Pekovic led the Timberwolves on that night with 26 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals in the win. Kevin Love added 19 points, 14 rebounds and four assists, and Kevin Martin added 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting.
One of the biggest deciding factors in this game was the 54-33 rebounding advantage Minnesota had over Charlotte. The advantage led to a lot of fast break points and easy put back buckets. The Timberwolves' hot shooting had them out to a 68-48 lead at the half. The game was essentially over by that point and even though the Bobcats played better in the second half, there was just too much work to do to get back into this game.
The Bobcats were led by Anthony Tolliver with 21 points and three rebounds. 15 of those points came on 3-pointers in which he was 5-for-5. Chris Douglas-Roberts chipped in with 16 points and two rebounds.
ATS Trends
Minnesota is 18-14-0 ATS on the road this season
Minnesota is 16-14-2 against the over/under on the road this season
Charlotte is 18-13-1 ATS at home this season
Charlotte is 12-19-1 against the over/under at home this season
Injuries to Watch
Minnesota
03/11/14 G A.J. Price Appendix out indefinitely
02/20/14 C Ronny Turiaf Knee out indefinitely
Charlotte
12/21/13 G Jeffery Taylor Achilles out for season
10/25/13 C Brendan Haywood Foot out indefinitely
Over the last 10 head-to-head meetings between Minnesota and Charlotte, the Timberwolves are 6-3-1 against the spread and are on a two game win streak ATS. They are currently 5-5 ATS over their last 10 but have lost four of their last five.
Charlotte is 5-4-1 ATS over the last 10 games they've played winning three of their last four.
Josh's Pick: Take Minnesota
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