The Minnesota Timberwolves are teetering.<\/p>\n
A quick hot streak could push them into position for homecourt advantage in the first round. A stumble could doom them toward the Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n
Luckily, the Memphis Grizzlies should be a matchup that helps Minnesota stay on its current hot streak.<\/p>\n
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My Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies predictions recognize which starter is hottest these days.<\/p>\n
Read more in my NBA picks<\/a> for Saturday, January 31.<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies prediction<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies best bet: Jaden McDaniels Over 13.5 points (-112)<\/p>\n Jaden McDaniels<\/a> clearly doesn\u2019t want to be traded, and he\u2019s been playing all season like he shouldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n McDaniels\u2019 21 points on a perfect 5-of-5 from three on Thursday grabbed headlines because it came against the Thunder, but the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> forward has been performing at this level for some time.<\/p>\n He has cleared this prop in seven of his last nine games, part of doing so in 26 of 47 games this season. McDaniels\u2019 long-range shooting has jumped this season, hitting 44.0% on the year while taking 3.4 per game. He should take more tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> have given up the fourth-most attempts from beyond the arc in the last 10 games, with opponents taking 40.7 threes per game. When McDaniels gets those looks these days, he hits them.<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies same-game parlay<\/p>\n McDaniels has hit multiple 3-pointers in three straight games and five of his last six, shooting 58.3% from deep.<\/p>\n That has certainly helped the Timberwolves cover the spread in three consecutive contests.<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies SGP<\/p>\n Jaden McDaniels Over 13.5 points<\/p>\n Jaden McDaniels Over 1.5 threes<\/p>\n Our “from downtown” SGP: Playing Facilitator<\/p>\n When Julius Randle<\/a> has to face a post defender entirely capable of stopping his isolation game, his points suffer \u2014 but his assists pop.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n For example, he finished with 13 points and five assists against Oklahoma City\u2019s post defenders on Thursday.<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies SGP<\/p>\n Jaden McDaniels Over 13.5 points<\/p>\n Jaden McDaniels Over 1.5 threes<\/p>\n Julius Randle Over 4.5 assists<\/p>\n Julius Randle Under 21.5 points<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies odds<\/p>\n Spread: Timberwolves -9 (-110) | Grizzlies +9 (-110)<\/p>\n Moneyline: Timberwolves -360 | Grizzlies +280<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 229.5 (-110) | Under 229.5 (-110)<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies betting trend to know<\/p>\n Memphis is 2-6 against the spread in its last eight games. Find more NBA betting trends<\/a> for Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies.<\/p>\n How to watch Timberwolves vs Grizzlies<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n FedExForum, Memphis, TN<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Saturday, January 31, 2026<\/p>\n Tip-off<\/p>\n 8:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n FDSN North, FDSN Southeast Memphis<\/p>\n Timberwolves vs Grizzlies latest injuries<\/p>\n Not intended for use in MA. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves are teetering. A quick hot streak could push them into position for homecourt advantage in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,377,376,293,177,307,152,3954,6,475,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-573654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jaden-mcdaniels","10":"tag-julius-randle","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-minnesota","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-oklahoma-city","18":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115991717082035651","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573654","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=573654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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