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Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 28, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET

Venue: Smoothie King Center — New Orleans, LA

Article updated Dec 27, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Minnesota is on the road playing New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center stadium on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. New Orleans -7 was the opening favorite and current

Game outlook

Minnesota is on the road playing New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center stadium on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. New Orleans -7 was the opening favorite and current line is New Orleans -6.5.

Minnesota Highlights

With a power ranking of 23, Minnesota is ranked #11 in offense (scoring an average of 114.76 per game), #22 in defense (allowing an average of 115.67 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-18 (13-21 ATS) this season.

New Orleans Highlights

New Orleans Pelicans has a power ranking of 6 and are #3 for offense (scoring an average of 117.94 per game), #14 for defense (giving up an average of 115.67 points per game) and 21-12 (18-15 ATS) overall. Minnesota went 2-1 (2-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against New Orleans.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be MIN 123.375, NOP 110.375. 56% of SportsJaw predicts New Orleans Pelicans to cover. OddsShark predicts New Orleans will win, minnesota will cover, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Timberwolves 110 to Pelicans 116.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Timberwolves 110 to Pelicans 116.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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SportsJaw Timberwolves vs Pelicans archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Timberwolves vs Pelicans matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Minnesota Timberwolves+240 → +207Moved
  • Moneyline · New Orleans Pelicans-300 → -250Moved
  • Spread · Minnesota Timberwolves+7 (-110) → +6.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · New Orleans Pelicans-7 (-110) → -6.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over232.5 (-110) → 233.75 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under232.5 (-110) → 233.75 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Minnesota Timberwolves
3-1 matchup record · 4-6-0 ATS · 5-5-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
New Orleans Pelicans
0-3 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-28T03:14:10.567Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

No completed head-to-head result is available in the current history window.

Final result

Matchup pick recap

New Orleans Pelicans defeated Minnesota Timberwolves 119-118

New Orleans Pelicans defeated Minnesota Timberwolves 119-118 on December 28, 2022, a 1-point decision in the series. New Orleans Pelicans' strongest period was the 3rd quarter, when it outscored its opponent 37-33. Against SportsJaw's recorded Minnesota Timberwolves +6.5 (-110) spread, Minnesota Timberwolves covered, while the 237 combined points finished over the recorded total of 233.75.

SportsJaw editorial picks

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Tipster picks

  • GtpixSpread · Minnesota Timberwolves +7 (-110)Win
  • MauriceJonesSpread · New Orleans Pelicans -6.5 (-110)Loss
  • MuterovinceSpread · Minnesota Timberwolves +6.5 (-110)Win
  • CoolioSpread · Minnesota Timberwolves +6.5 (-110)Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 234 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · Minnesota Timberwolves +6.5 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · New Orleans Pelicans -6.5 (-110)Loss