{"id":519712,"date":"2026-01-06T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519712\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:10:17","slug":"timberwolves-vs-heat-predictions-odds-stats-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519712\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves vs. Heat Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 Jan. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves (23-13) are favored by 5.5 points against the Miami Heat (20-16) on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET. The matchup airs on NBC\/Peacock and FDSN.<\/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=yhm52ugPS6\" 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 Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this encounter expects a final score of Timberwolves 120, Heat 116.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Timberwolves (-225)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 237.5 (computer predicts 236.1 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Heat (+5.5)<br \/>\nRecent Timberwolves vs. Heat Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has a 15-21-0 record against the spread this season.<br \/>\nThe Timberwolves have an 8-14 record against the spread in games they were favored by 5.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nIn Minnesota&#8217;s 36 games with a set total, 17 have hit the over (47.2%).<br \/>\nThis season, the Timberwolves have been favored 29 times and won 21, or 72.4%, of those games.<br \/>\nThis season, Minnesota has won 15 of its 20 games, or 75%, when favored by at least -225 on the moneyline.<br \/>\nHeat 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Miami has a 21-14-1 record against the spread this year.<br \/>\nIn games this year in which they were an underdog by 5.5 points or more, the Heat have a 5-3-1 record against the spread.<br \/>\nIn Miami&#8217;s 36 games with a set total, 17 have hit the over (47.2%).<br \/>\nThe Heat are 10-10 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).<br \/>\nMiami has a record of 2-7 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +186 or longer (22.2%).<\/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=yhm52ugPS6\" 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: Day-To-Day (Foot)<\/p>\n<p>Heat<\/p>\n<p>Heat: <\/p>\n<p>Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Day-To-Day (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Tyler Herro: Day-To-Day (Toe)<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves vs. Heat Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Tuesday, January 6, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 8 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: NBC\/Peacock and FDSN<br \/>\nLocation: Minneapolis, Minnesota<br \/>\nArena: Target 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=yhm52ugPS6\" 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=yhm52ugPS6\" 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 Minnesota Timberwolves (23-13) are favored by 5.5 points against the Miami Heat (20-16) on Tuesday, January 6,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519713,"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-519712","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\/115846907801339277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519712","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=519712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}