{"id":513200,"date":"2026-01-03T04:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/513200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:25:11","slug":"timberwolves-vs-heat-predictions-odds-stats-jan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/513200\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves vs. Heat Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 Jan. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Heat (19-15) are 3.5-point underdogs as they try to continue a four-game win streak when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves (21-13) on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Kaseya Center. The contest airs at 5 p.m. ET on FDSSUN, FDSN, NBA TV, and WPLG.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1420&amp;pb=973198&amp;cid=eKY4GDi1PQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/minnesota-lynx-9998\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iHeartRadio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves vs. Heat Predictions for Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this game predicts a final tally of Heat 120, Timberwolves 116.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Heat (+125)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 237.5 (computer predicts 235.8 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Heat (+3.5)<br \/>\nRecent Timberwolves vs. Heat Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has a 13-21-0 record against the spread this season.<br \/>\nIn games this season they were favored by 3.5 points or more, the Timberwolves have a 10-16 record against the spread.<br \/>\nIn Minnesota&#8217;s 34 games with a set total, 15 have hit the over (44.1%).<br \/>\nThe Timberwolves have won 19, or 70.4%, of the 27 games they&#8217;ve played as favorites this season.<br \/>\nMinnesota has a record of 19-7, a 73.1% win rate, when it&#8217;s favored by -149 or more by bookmakers this season.<br \/>\nHeat 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Miami has gone 20-13-1 ATS this season.<br \/>\nWhen they have played as at least 3.5-point underdogs this season, the Heat are 9-4-1 against the spread.<br \/>\nThe teams have combined to hit the over in 16 of Miami&#8217;s 34 games with a set total.<br \/>\nThe Heat have won 52.6% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (10-9).<br \/>\nWhen it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +125 or longer, Miami has a record of 6-8 (42.9%).<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NBA tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63332?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=3010&amp;pb=973220&amp;cid=eKY4GDi1PQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves vs. Heat Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves: <\/p>\n<p>Terrence Shannon: Out (Foot)<\/p>\n<p>Heat<\/p>\n<p>Heat: <\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jovic: Probable (Elbow), <\/p>\n<p>Pelle Larsson: Questionable (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Probable (Thigh), <\/p>\n<p>Tyler Herro: Out (Toe), <\/p>\n<p>Bam Adebayo: Probable (Back)<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves vs. Heat Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Saturday, January 3, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 5 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: FDSSUN, FDSN, NBA TV, and WPLG<br \/>\nLocation: Miami, Florida<br \/>\nArena: Kaseya Center<br \/>\nLive stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1425&amp;pb=973207&amp;cid=eKY4GDi1PQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on Fubo<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63351?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2353&amp;pb=973250&amp;cid=eKY4GDi1PQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for NBA League Pass<\/a> to get access to games, live and on-demand, and more for the entire season and offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Heat (19-15) are 3.5-point underdogs as they try to continue a four-game win streak when they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,55906,736,189,307,152,3954,6,11295,2666,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-513200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-men","11":"tag-miami-heat","12":"tag-minnesota","13":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","14":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-prediction","17":"tag-professional","18":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115829271810039831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}