Portland Trail Blazers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction, 11/8/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Date: Friday, November 8, 2024

Location: Target Center in Minneapolis, MN

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Target Center is where the Minnesota Timberwolves (4-3) will attempt to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (3-5) on Friday.

The Trail Blazers faced off with the Pelicans and earned the victory with a final of 118-100 in their last game. Portland ended with a 54.8% FG percentage (46 out of 84) and buried 10 out of their 29 shots from distance. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers knocked down 16 of 24 attempts for a rate of 66.7%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they collected 38 with 11 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 21 assists for this game while forcing 16 turnovers and earning 10 steals. With respect to defending, Portland allowed the other team to go 45.2% from the field on 38 of 84 shooting. New Orleans recorded 24 dimes and had 5 steals for the contest. Furthermore, New Orleans grabbed 34 rebounds (10 offensive, 24 defensive) and had 5 blocked shots. New Orleans finished the game shooting 87.5% from the charity stripe by knocking down 14 of their 16 attempts. They made 10 out of their 35 tries from long range. With respect to personal fouls, the Trail Blazers finished with 15 while the Pelicans racked up 20 personal fouls.

Anfernee Simons is a guy who was a major contributor for the game. Simons went 58.8% from the field and totaled 4 dimes. He played 34 minutes and also pulled down 1 board. He ended up finishing with 24 points on 10 of 17 shooting.

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Portland heads into this game with a mark of 3-5 for the season. They are averaging 108.1 points per outing (25th in basketball) while going 43.1% from the field. The Trail Blazers are shooting 34.3% on 3-pointers (92 of 268) and 76.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Portland is collecting 45.5 boards per game and has racked up 173 dimes on the year, which has them ranked 25th in the NBA in terms of passing. They turn it over 15.3 times per game and as a squad they are committing 19.4 fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Trail Blazers are forcing 15.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 22.0 personal fouls. They give up 35.8% from 3-point land and they are 15th in basketball in points per game allowed (113.0). The Trail Blazers defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 45.6% (324 of 710) and they concede 46.4 boards per game as a group. They currently rank 22nd in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 222 surrendered for the campaign.

When they last played, the Timberwolves got the victory with a final of 114-93 when they faced the Hornets. The Timberwolves recorded 36 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 45 in this game. They also coughed it up 15 times, while getting 7 steals in the matchup. The Hornets were called for 22 fouls in this matchup which got the Timberwolves to the charity stripe for a total of 26 attempts. They were able to bury 18 of the free throw tries for a rate of 69.2%. In the matter of shots from 3-point land, Minnesota converted 18 of 38 tries (47.4%). When this game wrapped up, the Timberwolves finished 39 for 79 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.4%. The Timberwolves allowed the Hornets to convert 35 of their 88 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 39.8% in the matchup. They wrapped up this game 23.8% from three-point range by shooting 10 of 42 and walked away from this one shooting 13 out of 16 from the free throw line (81.3%). When it comes to cleaning the glass, Minnesota permitted Charlotte to grab 38 in total (9 on the offensive side).

Naz Reid was important for the Timberwolves for the game. He made 9 of 13 for the game giving him a rate of 69.2%, and had 9 rebounds. Reid totaled 25 points in his 26 mins of playing time and had 2 assists for this game.

Minnesota has a win-loss record of 4-3 so far this season. The Timberwolves are committing 19.9 fouls per contest while shooting 74.4% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 25.9 times per contest (15th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 15.9 times per contest. Minnesota has tallied 782 pts on the campaign (111.7 per game) and they pull in 41.0 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Timberwolves are hitting on 47.8% from the floor, which ranks them 6th in the league.

The Timberwolves defensively are ranked 10th in the league in points per game surrendered with 109.7. They are forcing 12.6 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.7% from the floor (11th in basketball). The Minnesota defense surrenders 31.3% on shots from distance (76 of 243) and their opponents are converting on 79.7% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 25.4 dimes and 42.6 boards per contest, which has them ranked 13th and 9th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota

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