{"id":3582,"date":"2009-02-24T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/timberwolves-raptors-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-24T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:49:00","slug":"timberwolves-raptors-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/timberwolves-raptors-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves-Raptors Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Toronto Raptors will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Air Canada Centre. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Raptors listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Timberwolves lost to the Lakers 111-108 as a 9.5-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (219). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Sebastian<\/st2:GivenName> Telfair<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Gomes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> each scored 20 points for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Raptors defeated New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 111-100 as a 3.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (215.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrea<\/st2:GivenName> Bargnani<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> Parker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 24 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 18-37 SU, 26-28-1 ATS
Toronto: 22-36 SU, 22-33-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 2-8
Before playing Utah are 2-8
After playing LA Lakers are 1-9
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Phoenix are 5-5
After playing New York are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games on the road
Minnesota is 12-3 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Minnesota’s last 13 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Toronto is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, February 25
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, February 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Toronto Raptors will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Air Canada Centre. Oddsmakers currently have the Raptors listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Timberwolves lost to the Lakers 111-108 as a … Continue reading Timberwolves-Raptors Lines 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-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582","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=3582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}