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 begins 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 make a wager on this contest?

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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
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Cavaliers vs. Timberwolves Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Timberwolves (+ 7.5)

  • Cleveland is 27-13-0 against the spread this year.
  • Minnesota is 16-25-0 against the spread this year.
  • The Cavaliers are 14-10 as 7.5-point favorites or more.
  • 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)

  • In 26 games this season, the Cavaliers and their opponents have scored more than 226.5 combined points.
  • The Timberwolves and their opponents have combined to score more than 226.5 points in 13 of 41 games this season.
  • Cleveland’s contests this year have an average total of 228.9, 2.4 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
  • Minnesota’s games this season have had an average of 219.0 points, 7.5 fewer points than this game’s point total.
  • The Cavaliers score the fifth-most points in the NBA this season, while the Timberwolves’ offense racks up the 18th-most.
  • The Timberwolves have allowed the seventh-fewest points in the league this season, while the Cavaliers have given up the 13th-fewest.

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Moneyline Pick: Cavaliers (-275)

  • This season, the Cavaliers have won 32 out of the 36 games, or 88.9%, in which they’ve been favored.
  • The Timberwolves have been victorious in two of the six contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
  • Cleveland has a record of 23-2, a 92% win rate, when it’s favored by -275 or more by bookmakers 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 bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 73.3% chance of a victory for the Cavaliers.

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