NBA Best Bets: Cavaliers vs. Timberwolves Picks for January 18
Published 3:35 am Saturday, January 18, 2025
The Minnesota Timberwolves (22-19) are 7.5-point underdogs against the Cleveland Cavaliers (34-6) at Target Center on Saturday, January 18, 2025. The game tips at 9:00 PM ET on FDSOH and FDSNX.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (based on our computer predictions) for Saturday’s game, before you place a wager on this matchup?
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Cavaliers vs. Timberwolves Game Info
- When: Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
- Where: Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- TV: FDSOH and FDSNX
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Cavaliers vs. Timberwolves Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Timberwolves (+ 7.5)
- Cleveland’s record against the spread is 27-13-0.
- Minnesota has covered the spread 16 times in 41 games.
- As 7.5-point favorites or more, the Cavaliers are 14-10 against the spread.
- The Timberwolves are yet to lose ATS (1-0) as a 7.5-point underdog or greater this season.
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Pick OU:
Under (226.5)
- The Cavaliers and their opponents have gone over 226.5 combined points in 26 of 40 games this season.
- The Timberwolves have played 13 games this season that have gone over 226.5 combined points scored.
- Cleveland’s outings this year have an average total of 228.9, 2.4 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- Minnesota has had an average of 219 points scored in its games so far this season, 7.5 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
- The Timberwolves are the NBA’s 18th-highest scoring team this season compared to the fifth-ranked Cavaliers.
- This matchup features the league’s seventh-ranked (Timberwolves) and 13th-ranked (Cavaliers) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Cavaliers (-275)
- The Cavaliers have entered the game as favorites 36 times this season and won 32, or 88.9%, of those games.
- The Timberwolves have come away with two wins in the six contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Cleveland has a record of 23-2, a 92% win rate, when it’s favored by -275 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- Minnesota has been named as an underdog of +225 or more just one time this season and left with a loss in that game.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 73.3% chance of a victory for the Cavaliers.
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