The Minnesota Timberwolves (18-17) face the New Orleans Pelicans (7-29) as 4.5-point favorites on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and FDSN.

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Timberwolves vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds

• Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSN
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Timberwolves vs. Pelicans Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Timberwolves 114 – Pelicans 107

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Spread & Total Prediction for Timberwolves vs. Pelicans

• Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 4.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Timberwolves (-7.7)
• Pick OU:

  Over (220.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 221.1

• The Timberwolves (13-22-0 ATS) have covered the spread 37.1% of the time, 1.8% less often than the Pelicans (14-22-0) this season.
• Minnesota covers the spread when it is a 4.5-point favorite or more 35.3% of the time. That’s less often than New Orleans covers as an underdog of 4.5 or more (39.1%).
• When it comes to eclipsing the point total in 2024-25, New Orleans and its opponents do it more often (55.6% of the time) than Minnesota and its opponents (48.6%).
• As a moneyline favorite this year, the Timberwolves are 16-13, a better tally than the Pelicans have posted (3-24) as moneyline underdogs.

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Timberwolves Performance Insights

• The Timberwolves are scoring 109.2 points per game this season (22nd-ranked in NBA), but they’ve really played well defensively, ceding only 108 points per contest (fifth-best).
• With 43.1 rebounds per game, Minnesota ranks 23rd in the NBA. It cedes 43.1 rebounds per contest, which ranks eighth in the league.
• This year, the Timberwolves rank 22nd in the league in assists, putting up 24.8 per game.
• So far this year, Minnesota is committing 15.1 turnovers per game (21st-ranked in NBA) and forcing 14.2 turnovers per contest (13th-ranked).
• The Timberwolves are thriving in terms of three-point shooting, as they rank fifth-best in the league in threes (15.1 per game) and third-best in shooting percentage from downtown (37.9%).

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• In 2024-25, the Pelicans are fifth-worst in the league offensively (107.5 points scored per game) and 25th defensively (117.5 points conceded).
• On the boards, New Orleans is 24th in the NBA in rebounds (42.6 per game). It is fifth-worst in rebounds conceded (45.5 per game).
• This season the Pelicans are ranked 21st in the league in assists at 24.9 per game.
• In 2024-25, New Orleans is 16th in the NBA in turnovers committed (14.1 per game) and 11th in turnovers forced (14.3).
• Beyond the arc, the Pelicans are third-worst in the league in 3-pointers made per game (11.6). And they are fifth-worst in 3-point percentage at 33.8%.

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