Utah Jazz vs Minnesota Timberwolves: prediction for the NBA match
If we look at the statistics of 37 head-to-head confrontations of these rivals, we will see a fairly obvious advantage of Utah. The Jazz has 24 wins, the Timberwolves have 13. Last season both NBA matches were won by Minnesota with a score 101:96 away and 105:104 at home. But in the current championship, the Jazz won two matches. The game on December 9th in Minneapolis ended with a score of 104:136 and on December 24th in Utah it ended with a score of 128:116.
Utah Jazz
The Lakes somehow manage to take the seventh place, although recently they have been demonstrating terrible basketball. This season, the game did not go well at all and many blame the head coach and LeBron James, who tried to take the process into their own hands, but nothing came of it. Of course, the Lakes have more than enough time to rebuild, wait for the key players to return from the infirmary and regain their place in the playoff zone, but now the club is losing points too often. In the previous meeting Frank Vogel’s guys stayed in Memphis, where they tried to deal with the Grizzlies, but lost (99:104). Everything seemed to be going according to plan, however, after the break the Lakers began to openly sag and in the last quarter they failed altogether (16:26). King James scored a double-double that evening, although Ja Morant showed an even better result. In short, the Los Angeles club continues to seek balance.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota continues to play without their leaders. Karl-Anthony Towns got into the COVID protocol. D’Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards and Jarette Vanderbilt are already there. The absence of these performers significantly affects the play of the “wolves”. Because of this, the Timberwolz lost to New York (88:96). Over the past 1.5 weeks Minnesota have won only one victory. In a home match Finch’s charges defeated Boston (108:103). In other matches, they lost to Dallas (102:114) and Utah (116:128).
Prediction
Minnesota is having offensive problems. The absence of the main players reduced the attacking potential of the team. For example, in the confrontation with the Knicks, the Wolves did not even score 90 points. It is unlikely that the weakened Timberwolves will be able to give battle to Utah. We believe that the team from Minneapolis will not be able to show a spectacular game. Our prediction for Minnesota's individual total is less than 106.5 points per odds of 1.86 in BC 1xBet. Minnesota lost their last matches too easily. A few days ago the "wolves" played in Salt Lake City and then lost to the "jazzmen" with a difference of 12 points. Given the problems of Finch's charges, we doubt that they will play more successfully. The second prediction is for a handicap "Utah" (-8.5) points for 1.68. Place a bet on the line of 1xBet with odds of 1.86. Promo code for registration - ODDS2WIN.
