Minnesota at Portland

A young Minnesota team is making headlines winning seven of nine. However, this is its fourth road game over the last five contests and they are .500 away from home on the season. The Timberwolves just gave up 118 points at the Clippers and for the season they are #29 in field goal shooting defense, allowing .476 shooting. Minnesota is 4-11-1 ATS after scoring more than 125 points in its previous game. The Timberwolves have been without leading scorer Jimmy Butler (21.4 points per game), as he and starting guard Jamal Crawford (toe) are both day-to-day. Portland has a winning home mark and is far better on defense, fifth in FG shooting allowed, #12 at defending the three. Guard Damon Lillard was named Western Conference Player of the Week after averaging 29.3 points on 52.7 percent shooting in three wins last week and kept up the pace by scoring 25 on 10-of-18 at Denver the last game. The Blazers are 11-4-1 ATS against the NBA Northwest division and Minnesota lost both of its trips to Portland last season. The Timberwolves are also 15-36-1 ATS against the Blazers, including 2-8-1 ATS at Portland. Play Portland.