The Minnesota Timberwolves return home from a 2-1 road trip to face off against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Minnesota has now won five of its last six games after a five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, the Pelicans are struggling again. They\u2019ve lost three straight games to start this road trip after picking up wins in three of their previous four contests. They\u2019re a lowly 13-40 on the season, including 5-21 on the road.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves won the first two meetings back in December, but the Pelicans covered as +12.5 and +12.0 underdogs in seven- and nine-point wins for Minnesota.<\/p>\n
The oddsmakers have the Timberwolves as home favorites at the best betting sites<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at the odds, players to watch and my prediction for Friday night\u2019s NBA matchup.<\/p>\n Pelicans vs. Timberwolves Odds, Spread and Total<\/p>\n Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Spread<\/p>\n Pelicans +9.5 (-108)Timberwolves -9.5 (-112)<\/p>\n Moneyline<\/p>\n Pelicans: +320Timberwolves: -410<\/p>\n Total<\/p>\n \u00a0237.5 (Over -107\/Under -116)Pelicans vs. Timberwolves How to WatchDate: Friday, Feb. 6Time: 8:00 p.m.\u00a0Venue: Target CenterHow to Watch (TV): GCSEN, FDSN NOPelicans record: 13-40Timberwolves record: 32-20Pelicans vs. Timberwolves Injury ReportsPelicans Injury ReportTrey Alexander \u2013 outJose Alvarado \u2013 outHunter Dickinson \u2013 outDejounte Murray \u2013 outTimberwolves Injury ReportRob Dillingham \u2013 outEnrique Freeman \u2013 outLeonard Miller \u2013 outJulius Randle \u2013 questionableTerrence Shannon Jr. \u2013 outRocco Zikarsky \u2013 outPelicans vs. Timberwolves Best NBA Prop Bets<\/p>\n Pelicans Best NBA Prop Bet<\/p>\n Saddiq Bey OVER 24.5 Pts + Reb + Ast (-120)<\/a><\/p>\n Saddiq Bey\u2019s slow start to the season was understandable after missing last year due to injury. He had 9.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in five October games, but quickly picked it up in November and hasn\u2019t really looked back.<\/p>\n He\u2019s up to 16.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game on the season, which is more in line with his career numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bey missed some time at the beginning of January, and it took him a few games to get back to it, but in his last eight games, he\u2019s averaging 22.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists, going over 24.5 PRA in all but one of those contests.<\/p>\n The forward had 31 and 27 PRA in the first two meetings, and he should keep it up again tonight in Minnesota.<\/p>\n Pelicans vs. Timberwolves Prediction and Pick<\/p>\n Both of the first two meetings back in December easily went over the total, and Minnesota has been playing that way recently as well. The Timberwolves have gone over in four straight games, with their last two contests in the 250s and 260s.<\/p>\n The Pelicans are also coming off a high-scoring affair, losing 141-137 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take another over between these two squads, even at this high 237.5 number.<\/p>\n Pick: OVER 237.5 (-107<\/a>)<\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Claim the latest DraftKings promo code<\/a> offer today. Sign up and win your first $5 bet to get $300 in bonus bets instantly.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves return home from a 2-1 road trip to face off against the New Orleans Pelicans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,6,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-586679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","12":"tag-neworleans","13":"tag-neworleanspelicans","14":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116025006788108986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586679","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=586679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}