The Minnesota Timberwolves (55-25) host the Atlanta Hawks (36-44) at Target Center, beginning at 8:00 PM ET on Friday, April 12, 2024. The Timberwolves are 13-point favorites in the game, the second matchup between the squads this season. The over/under for the matchup is set at 226.5.
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Spread: Timberwolves (-13) to Cover
- The model projects the Timberwolves to win, just as DraftKings does, but the model favors them by a small margin more (14.3 to 13).
- Minnesota’s ATS record is 40-38-2 this season.
- The Timberwolves have been favored by 13 points or more nine times this season, and covered the spread in three of those contests.
- Atlanta has a 28-52-0 record against the spread this season.
- The Hawks have covered the spread when playing as at least 13-point underdogs in their only opportunity this season.
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Total: Over 226.5
- The model predicts a total 2.6 points higher than the one set by DraftKings for this game.
- Minnesota’s games have finished with more than 226.5 points 25 times so far this season.
- There have been 57 Atlanta’s games this season with more than 226.5 points scored.
- The Timberwolves and their opponents have combined to go over the point total 40 out of 80 times this season.
- A total of 44 Hawks games this year have hit the over.
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Moneyline Winner: Timberwolves (-850)
- Prediction: Timberwolves 122, Hawks 107
- This season, Minnesota has won 45 out of the 59 games, or 76.3%, in which it has been favored.
- Atlanta has come away with 12 wins in the 38 contests it has been listed as the underdog this season.
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Rudy Gobert Points Prop: Over 13.5
- Rudy Gobert posts 13.7 points, 1.4 assists and 12.9 rebounds per contest.
- The 13.5-point total set for Gobert on Friday is 0.2 less than his season scoring average.
- Gobert has exceeded his points prop total 38 times this season out of 80 games with such a prop.
- In 2023-24, the Hawks are sixth in the league offensively (118.5 points scored per game) and fourth-worst defensively (120.2 points conceded).
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