Trail Blazers vs Timberwolves Prediction NBA Picks 3/4/24

Minnesota Timberwolves (42-18) vs Portland Trail Blazers (17-42)

Game Info: Monday, March 4, 2024 at 8:00 pm (Target Center)

Betting Odds: Minnesota Timberwolves -14.5 -- Over/Under: 214.5

The Portland Trail Blazers travel to the Target Center to battle the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Here’s a Trail Blazers vs Timberwolves Prediction.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers look to have moved on from their ugly nine-game losing streak as they are now aiming for a third straight victory after outlasting the Grizzlies in a 107-100 overtime road win on Saturday. Anfernee Simons led the team with 30 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, Jabari Walker added 18 points with 12 rebounds off the bench while Tounami Camara chipped in with 15 points. As a team, the Trail Blazers shot just 42 percent from the field and 11 of 35 from the 3-point line as they struggled to keep pace for most of the game and fell behind by 18 points in the third quarter, before they dominated the fourth quarter and overtime by a combined 46-22 to pull off the impressive comeback win on the road.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been in solid form as they've won seven of their last 10 games overall and they will be hoping to avoid a third straight defeat after falling painfully short to the Clippers in an 89-88 loss last night. Anthony Edwards led the team with 27 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 18 points with nine rebounds and eight assists while Rudy Gobert tallied 12 points with 16 rebounds and three blocks but no other player scored more than eight points. As a team, the Timberwolves shot just 38 percent from the field and nine of 33 from the 3-point line as they dominated the first quarter to take an early 16-point lead, only to lose by the smallest margin after Edwards made a dunk despite trailing by three points with 3.0 seconds left in the game.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Timberwolves rank 1st in the league for opponent points per game this season (106.3).
• The Timberwolves rank 1st in the league for opponent field goal percentage this season (44.4%).
• The Trail Blazers rank 30th in the league for assists per game this season (22.7).
• The Trail Blazers rank 30th in the league for Q3 points per game this season (27.2).

Trail Blazers vs Timberwolves Prediction

The Trail Blazers are severely shorthanded again with Malcolm Brogdon, Scoot Henderson and Jerami Grant all ruled out, so it's going to be tough to hang with the Timberwolves who were in great form before they got stopped in their tracks last night against the Clippers. It's always tough playing the second game of a back to back set, but the Timberwolves have been one of the form teams in the league, they have all their key players available and should have little trouble getting the win and cover at home against the depleted Trail Blazers.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.