Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Target Center in Minneapolis

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On Wednesday, the Portland Trail Blazers will be playing in their third of five straight road games when they visit the Minnesota Timberwolves.

In their first meeting this season, the Blazers were able to beat the Wolves 107-93 at home. In that game, Portland shot 45.3 percent from the field and finished with a 54-43 rebounding advantage over Minnesota.

Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge has gone up against the Wolves 30 times in his career, averaging 19 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in those games. Point guard Damian Lillard has averaged 22.9 points and 5.8 assists per game against Minnesota, while center Robin Lopez has scored eight points per game against them while grabbing 5.9 boards per game.

On Monday night, the Timberwolves lost their sixth game in a row when the Golden State Warriors beat them 102-86 at home. Minnesota turned the ball over 19 times in that loss and only ended up making 36 percent of their shots.

Through their first 20 games, the Timberwolves are in the bottom five in the league in points allowed by giving up over 110 points per game. Rookie shooting guard has had a rough start to the season by averaging just 11.9 points per game while only making 38.8 percent of his field goal attempts. Their top scorer is Kevin Martin, who is averaging 20.4 points per game.

Portland Trail Blazers Betting Trends

Portland Trail Blazers are 11-8-1 Against the Spread

Portland Trail Blazers are 8-12-0 against the Over/Under

Minnesota Timberwolves Betting Trends

Minnesota Timberwolves are 7-12-1 Against the Spread

Minnesota Timberwolves are 13-7-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

Portland Trail Blazers

11/18/14 G C.J. McCollum Finger out indefinitely

Minnesota Timberwolves

12/09/14 G Mo Williams Back "?" Wednesday vs. Portland
11/29/14 C Nikola Pekovic Wrist out indefinitely
11/29/14 C Ronny Turiaf Hip out indefinitely
11/21/14 G Kevin Martin Wrist out indefinitely
11/08/14 G Ricky Rubio Ankle out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Portland

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