{"id":668075,"date":"2026-03-20T03:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T03:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/668075\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T03:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T03:47:23","slug":"timberwolves-vs-trail-blazers-predictions-odds-stats-march-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/668075\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 March 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves (43-27) host the Portland Trail Blazers (34-36) in a matchup of Northwest Division teams at Target Center, tipping off at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, March 20, 2026. The Timberwolves are 2.5-point favorites in the game, the fourth matchup between the teams this season.<\/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=Q8qgTvqKk3\" 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. Trail Blazers Predictions for Friday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this game expects a final score of Timberwolves 120, Trail Blazers 113.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Timberwolves (-143)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 229.5 (computer predicts 233.1 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Timberwolves (-2.5)<br \/>\nRecent Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has a 31-39-0 record against the spread this season.<br \/>\nThe Timberwolves have a 23-30 record against the spread this season when favored by 2.5 points or more.<br \/>\nMinnesota&#8217;s games have gone over the point total in 33 out of 70 opportunities (47.1%).<br \/>\nThe Timberwolves have been favorites in 55 games this season and won 38 (69.1%) of those contests.<br \/>\nThis season, Minnesota has won 36 of its 52 games, or 69.2%, when favored by at least -143 on the moneyline.<br \/>\nTrail Blazers 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Portland has a 36-34-0 record against the spread this year.<br \/>\nThe Trail Blazers have a 20-15 record against the spread this year when an underdog by 2.5 points or more.<br \/>\nPortland has hit the over in 36 of its 70 games with a set total (51.4%).<br \/>\nThe Trail Blazers have won 12 of the 40 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (30%).<br \/>\nPortland has gone 11-23 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +120 or longer (32.4%).<\/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=Q8qgTvqKk3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves: <\/p>\n<p>Naz Reid: Questionable (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards: Out (Knee)<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers: <\/p>\n<p>Damian Lillard: Out For Season (Achilles), <\/p>\n<p>Vit Krejci: Day-To-Day (Calf), <\/p>\n<p>Shaedon Sharpe: Out (Calf)<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Friday, March 20, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 8 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: KUNP and FDSN<br \/>\nLocation: Minneapolis, Minnesota<br \/>\nArena: Target Center<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63351?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2353&amp;pb=973250&amp;cid=Q8qgTvqKk3\" 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 (43-27) host the Portland Trail Blazers (34-36) in a matchup of Northwest Division teams at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,55906,736,152,6,11295,687,471,3967,2666,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-668075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-ds-sports","11":"tag-men","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-prediction","15":"tag-portland","16":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","17":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","18":"tag-professional","19":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116259457853606095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668075","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=668075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}