New Orleans Pelicans vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 10/12/2023, 07:55  by Kennedy Kechula in NBA Predictions

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ next NBA regular season assignment will be away to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday. The visitors top the Western Conference standings at the moment while the Pelicans are 10th. The New Orleans Pelicans will hope to not lose the season’s series against the Timberwolves by losing here. They have already lost the first two of four scheduled regular season matchups with their soon-to-be visitors. Willie Green’s men have had time to rest since their last outing and will be fresh here. The Pels suffered a blowout loss to eventual In-Season Tournament winners LA Lakers last time out in the IST semifinals. They lost by 44 to incur their second loss in three games. The Pelicans are struggling with inconsistency and find themselves just one game above .500 and six games back on the Timberwolves. They are shooting 48.3% from the field in their last 10 games averaging 115.3 points a game. Seven players are averaging double-figure points for the team with Brandon Ingrahm (23.0) and Zion Williamson (22.2) leading the way.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are on a six-game winning run. This is the second longest they have gone without defeat this season. Chris Finch’s men, who are flying high, won seven in a row back in November. They defeated the Grizzlies 127-103 in their last match to take their record for the season to 17-4. This is the best record so far in the entire league and has them with an 810 winning percentage. Considering that they have also won the last four meetings with the Pels, the Northwest Division franchise will be confident of winning here. Minnesota are averaging 113.9 points a game in their last 10 outings and are shooting 47.9% from the field. More impressively though is that they have held their opponents to just 104.7 points a game in this stretch. Leading scorer Anthony Edwards could miss out here as he is listed as day-to-day due to a hip problem. The three-year guard is averaging 24.4 points and 1.2 steals a game this season. Jaylen Clark and Jaden McDaniels' situations are more certain and both will miss out here due to achillies and ankle issues.