{"id":2859,"date":"2008-12-01T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-bobcats-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T13:36:00","slug":"timberwolves-bobcats-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-bobcats-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves-Bobcats Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Time Warner Cable Arena.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bobcats listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Timberwolves fell 106-97 to the Nuggets last time out, as 4.5-point underdogs. The 203 points made it OVER that game’s posted total of 201.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Randy Foye poured in 25 points with five rebounds and six assists in the loss.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bobcats fell 89-84 to the Celtics last time out, as 9-point underdogs at home. The 173 points went UNDER the posted total of 180.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gerald Wallace tossed in 23 points with eight boards to complete a double-double in the loss.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-11 SU, 6-9 ATS
Charlotte: 5-11 SU, 10-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Orlando are 3-7
After playing Denver are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Charlotte most recently:
When playing on Monday are 2-8
Before playing Oklahoma City are 2-6
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games when playing Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
Minnesota is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games on the road
Charlotte is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 5 games at home
Charlotte is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Charlotte’s last 13 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 3
Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Time Warner Cable Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Bobcats listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Timberwolves fell 106-97 to the Nuggets last time out, … Continue reading Timberwolves-Bobcats Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}