Cavaliers-Timberwolves Preview

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Target Center.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 10½-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Cavaliers were defeated 97-92 by the Hawks last time out, as 4-point favorites. The 187 points went as a PUSH against the posted total of 187.
LeBron James tossed in a game-high 33 points with six boards and nine assists.
Al Jefferson put up 22 points and seven boards for Minnesota in a 118-103 loss to Sacramento on Monday night.
The T-Wolves did not cover the 4-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 200.
Current streak:
Minnesota has lost 10 straight games.
Team records:
Cleveland: 20-4 SU, 19-5 ATS
Minnesota: 4-20 SU, 9-15 ATS
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
Before playing Denver are 5-5
After playing Atlanta are 8-2
After a loss are 9-1

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Houston are 6-4
After playing Sacramento are 4-6
After a loss are 1-9

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Cleveland is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games
Cleveland is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games at home
Next up:
Cleveland at Denver, Friday, December 19
Minnesota home to Houston, Saturday, December 20

 

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