The Minnesota Timberwolves (19-5) are favored by 1.5 points over the Miami Heat (15-11) on December 18, 2023 at FTX Arena. The Timberwolves are on a roll, having won two in a row and going 8-2 in their past 10 games. The matchup has an over/under of 217.
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Spread: Timberwolves (-1.5) to Cover
- The DraftKings line for this game has the Timberwolves favored by 1.5, while the model predicts they’ll win by slightly more (4.3 points).
- Minnesota’s ATS record is 13-9-2 this season.
- The Timberwolves have covered the spread 10 times this season (10-6-2 ATS) when playing as at least 1.5-point favorites.
- Miami is 11-14-1 against the spread this year.
- The Heat are 5-5 ATS this year when playing as at least 1.5-point underdogs.
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Total: Over 217
- The model projects a total 5.2 points higher than the one set by DraftKings for this game.
- Minnesota and its opponent have broken the 217-point mark 15 times this season.
- There have been 15 Miami’s games this year with more than 217 points scored.
- Timberwolves games have gone over the point total 12 out of 24 times this season.
- The Heat and their opponents have combined to hit the over 13 out of 26 times this season.
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Moneyline Winner: Timberwolves (-122)
- Prediction: Timberwolves 113, Heat 109
- This season, Minnesota has been favored 18 times and won 16, or 88.9%, of those games.
- Miami has been an underdog in 10 games this season and has come away with the win three times (30%) in those contests.
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