Utah Jazz vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction, 11/4/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Date: Saturday, November 4, 2023

Location: Target Center in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

The Utah Jazz (2-4) are hitting the road to Target Center on Saturday where they will meet the Minnesota Timberwolves (2-2).

The Jazz faced the Magic and went home with a loss by a final score of 115-113 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Jazz ended up walking away with 27 while the Magic accumulated 25 fouls. They also buried 10 out of their 28 tries from distance. Orlando finished the game at 75.0% when shooting free throws by converting 27 of 36 tries. Furthermore, Orlando had 43 boards (10 offensive, 33 defensive) and added 7 rejections. Orlando earned 27 assists and had 16 steals for the matchup. In terms of defense, Utah allowed the other team to shoot 46.4% from the field on 39 out of 84 shooting. They also distributed 27 assists for the contest as well as forcing 17 turnovers and having 9 steals. When discussing hauling in boards, they collected 48 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Jazz buried 19 of their 26 attempts for a percentage of 73.1%. Utah finished the game with a 46.1% FG percentage (41 of 89) and buried 12 of 33 shots from beyond the arc.

John Collins is a player who was a major contributor in the matchup. Collins finished shooting 70.0% from the floor but didn't record a dime. He was on the court for 33 minutes and also grabbed 10 rebounds. He ended up with 20 points on 7 out of 10 shooting.

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Utah comes into this matchup with a win-loss record of 2-4 on the season. They are turning it over 16.8 times per game and as a group are committing 22.3 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Utah is snagging 48.8 boards per game and is sitting with 167 assists on the campaign, which ranks 2nd in the league in terms of passing. The Jazz are hitting 37.4% on 3-pointers (82 of 219) and 74.2% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 114.3 pts per contest (12th in the league) while connecting on 45.8% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Jazz are forcing their opponents into 14.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 21.2 personal fouls. They are 30th in the NBA in giving up assists with 161 relinquished this season. The Jazz are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 48.1% (254 of 528) and they surrender 41.3 rebounds per contest as a unit. They surrender 32.6% on shots from distance and they are 25th in basketball in PPG allowed (118.0).

When they last stepped on the court, the Timberwolves went home victorious with a score of 110-89 when they faced the Nuggets. When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, Minnesota allowed Denver to get 43 in total (12 offensive). They finished 18.2% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 6 out of 33 and ended up going 7 out of 10 at the free throw line (70.0%). The Timberwolves allowed the Nuggets to convert 38 of 96 tries from the field which had them at 39.6% for the game. When the final whistle blew, the Timberwolves shot 38 out of 83 from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.8%. In the matter of 3-point attempts, Minnesota converted 8 out of their 21 attempts (38.1%). They were able to knock down 26 of them for a percentage of 96.3%. The Nuggets had 22 fouls in this game which took the Timberwolves to the free throw line for 27 tries. They coughed up the ball 13 times, while recording 9 steals for the contest. The Timberwolves were able to pull down 39 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 47 in this game.

Rudy Gobert was important for the Timberwolves in this game. Gobert scored 4 points in his 32 minutes on the court and had 1 assist in the game. He buried 0 of 7 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 0.0%, and had 12 rebounds.

Minnesota has a mark of 2-2 for the year. The Timberwolves are committing 15.8 fouls every game while shooting 81.9% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 23.5 times per contest (23rd in basketball) and they are turning it over 14.5 times per contest. Minnesota has accounted for 423 points so far this season (105.8 per game) and they pull in 48.5 boards per game. As an offense, the Timberwolves are connecting on 44.6% from the field, which is 23rd in the league.

The Timberwolves on the defensive end are ranked 1st in the NBA in PPG surrendered with 100.8. They are forcing 14.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.7% from the field (6th in the league). The Minnesota defense allows 33.8% on shots from beyond the arc (46 of 136) and their opponents are making 74.1% of their free throw shots. They give up 25.5 assists and 42.0 rebounds per game, which is 15th and 7th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota

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