Minnesota Timberwolves versus LA Lakers Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 3-27-2013
- 11 years ago
The 36-35 LA Lakers will travel to play the 25-44 Minnesota Timberwolves in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip time from Minnesota is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this game has the road team LA Lakers favored by -5 points with an over under line of 203 ½ points. There has been no movement in the lines since the odds came out a few hours ago.
This is the third meeting of the season between the Lakers and Timberwolves with LA winning and covering the point spread in both games. Each game played over the total.
LA Lakers are 13-23 playing on the road this year. They lose their third straight following a 109-103 road defeat to the Golden St Warriors on Monday as a +1 point underdog. The game finished over 205 ½ points. The Lakers had a full two days rest for this game. They were out of it early by falling behind 63-40 at the half. The Lakers shot just 39.6% from the field and 6 of 26 from three point distance. LA allowed the Warriors 47.8% shooting along with 10 of 23 three pointers. Kobe Bryant had 36 points and eight rebounds on 11 of 27 shooting. LA holds just a one game lead over the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final seed in the Western conference with eleven games remaining. After showing recent improvement defensively the Lakers have digressed since the second half of their loss to Washington on Friday. LA has given up an average of 106 points over their past two games. Season to date the Lakers are 25th and sixth to last in the league in scoring defense.
The Timberwolves are 24-44 on their home court on the current campaign. Minnesota comes away with a 105-82 road victory on Tuesday to the Detroit Pistons as a -1 ½ point betting favorite. The game came in at under 195 ½ points. Minnesota broke this game open in the third quarter by outscoring Detroit 38-16. They shot 53.2% from the floor and connected on 14 of 26 from the three point line. The Timberwolves held Detroit to just 40.5% from the floor. Jose Barea off the bench led the team with 21 points as he made 8 of his 11 shots. The Timberwolves have been off the map of most fans. The team has center Nikola Pekovic back healthy and in the lineup and contributing. Chase Budinger will be playing his fourth game since returning from injury. Kevin Love is still out and will undergo tests later this week to see if he will return this season. Minnesota had been really struggling for points for most of this month. But with players returning from injury we have seen an upsurge offensively from the Timberwolves. They have averaged 104 points per game over their past four games. Minnesota has a home win against San Antonio on March 12th.
The NBA odds from this game has the road team LA Lakers favored by -5 points with an over under line of 203 ½ points. There has been no movement in the lines since the odds came out a few hours ago.
This is the third meeting of the season between the Lakers and Timberwolves with LA winning and covering the point spread in both games. Each game played over the total.
LA Lakers are 13-23 playing on the road this year. They lose their third straight following a 109-103 road defeat to the Golden St Warriors on Monday as a +1 point underdog. The game finished over 205 ½ points. The Lakers had a full two days rest for this game. They were out of it early by falling behind 63-40 at the half. The Lakers shot just 39.6% from the field and 6 of 26 from three point distance. LA allowed the Warriors 47.8% shooting along with 10 of 23 three pointers. Kobe Bryant had 36 points and eight rebounds on 11 of 27 shooting. LA holds just a one game lead over the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final seed in the Western conference with eleven games remaining. After showing recent improvement defensively the Lakers have digressed since the second half of their loss to Washington on Friday. LA has given up an average of 106 points over their past two games. Season to date the Lakers are 25th and sixth to last in the league in scoring defense.
The Timberwolves are 24-44 on their home court on the current campaign. Minnesota comes away with a 105-82 road victory on Tuesday to the Detroit Pistons as a -1 ½ point betting favorite. The game came in at under 195 ½ points. Minnesota broke this game open in the third quarter by outscoring Detroit 38-16. They shot 53.2% from the floor and connected on 14 of 26 from the three point line. The Timberwolves held Detroit to just 40.5% from the floor. Jose Barea off the bench led the team with 21 points as he made 8 of his 11 shots. The Timberwolves have been off the map of most fans. The team has center Nikola Pekovic back healthy and in the lineup and contributing. Chase Budinger will be playing his fourth game since returning from injury. Kevin Love is still out and will undergo tests later this week to see if he will return this season. Minnesota had been really struggling for points for most of this month. But with players returning from injury we have seen an upsurge offensively from the Timberwolves. They have averaged 104 points per game over their past four games. Minnesota has a home win against San Antonio on March 12th.