Minnesota Timberwolves vs Phoenix Suns NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/15/2021
Phoenix Suns (9-3) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (4-8)
November 15, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Minnesota Timberwolves +3.5; Over/Under: +223
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The Phoenix Suns invade the Target Center to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.
The Phoenix Suns have been on fire lately as they’ve won nine of their first 12 games of the season and they will be gunning for a ninth straight victory after making light work of the Rockets in a 115-89 road win last night. Devin Booker led the team with 26 points and six assists, JaVale McGee added 19 points with 14 rebounds and three blocks while Chris Paul tallied 15 points with four assists and seven steals. As a team, the Suns shot 43 percent from the field and 14 of 40 from the 3-point line as they took a seven-point lead into halftime, before running away with it in the second half where they outscored the Rockets by 64-35.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves have really struggled lately as they’ve lost seven of their past eight games and they will be hoping to bounce back here after getting thrashed by the Clippers in a 129-102 road loss on Saturday. Anthony Edwards led the team with 21 points, nine rebounds and three assists while D’Angelo Russell and Jaden McDaniels each scored 15 points, but no other player scored more than eight points. As a team, the Timberwolves shot just 39 percent from the field and 11 of 36 from the 3-point line as they just left themselves too much ground to make up after scoring just 17 points in the second quarter to fall behind by 27 points going into halftime.
Looking at the betting trends, the Suns are 4-0 ATS in their last four games against a team with a losing record, 2-6-1 ATS in their last nine games playing on zero days’ rest and 8-0 ATS in their last eight games overall. The Timberwolves are 0-5 ATS in their last five games as an underdog, 1-6 ATS in their last seven games against a team with a winning record and 1-7 ATS in their last eight games overall.
Head to head, the Suns are 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings overall and the Suns are 4-0-1 ATS in the last five meetings in Minnesota.
Here we have a classic case of two teams headed in opposite directions as the Suns have been the hottest team in the league lately while the Timberwolves have been ice-cold lately. The Suns are still without DeAndre Ayton but I don’t think they’ll need him in this one. The Suns are 8-0 ATS in their last eight games overall while the Timberwolves are 1-7 ATS in their last eight games overall, so I’m banking on those trends to continue here.
