{"id":7126,"date":"2009-01-13T17:41:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T22:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2009-01-13T17:41:42","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T22:41:42","slug":"heat-timberwolves-free-pick-130109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/heat-timberwolves-free-pick-130109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Heat vs. T-Wolves (Jan. 13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Sports Betting &#8211; Heat vs Timberwolves<\/h2>\n<p>The Miami Heat (19-17 SU, 15-19-2 ATS, 18-18 O\/U) have dropped three of their last four contests in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Minnesota Timberwolves (11-25 SU, 17-18-1 ATS, 18-17-1 O\/U) have won a league-best five consecutive games. Tonight, the T-Wolves will look to extend their winning streak when they host the Heat at the Target Center tonight. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Heat lost to the Lakers 108-105 as an 11-point underdog on Sunday, getting a team-high 27 points and nine assists from superstar shooting guard Dwyane Wade and 23 points from rookie forward Michael Beasley.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves mounted a furious comeback in the fourth quarter to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 106-104 victory on Saturday to cover the 2.5-point spread for BetUS Sportsbook bettors as Rodney Carney scored a team-high 22 points and veteran shooting guard Mike Miller added 20 points.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a gutty game. That was a really good win for us,&#8221; coach Kevin McHale said. &#8220;To hold them to 44 (in the second half) after that blitzkrieg they threw at us in the first half, the guys showed a lot of guts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Heat have lost seven of their last eight road games against the Timberwolves, averaging just 87.6 points per contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key betting trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Pick<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami&#8217;s last 5 games<br \/>\nMiami is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>\nMiami is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>\nMinnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>\nMinnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Miami<br \/>\nMinnesota is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miami Heat -1\u00bd -110<br \/>\nMinnesota Timberwolves +1\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 198\u00bd -110<br \/>\nUnder 198\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: How the Miami Heat are favored in this contest is beyond me, particularly with the way the Timberwolves have played recently. I haven\u2019t written this much this season, but I like the Minnesota Timberwolves to win and cover the spread against the struggling Heat.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Minnesota +1\u00bd Points\/Over 198\u00bd Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,1975,4045,6140,8559,8560,8558,744,4044,3942,747,3925,8557],"class_list":["post-7126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-heat-betting-trends","tag-heat-vs-t-wolves","tag-heat-vs-timberwolves","tag-miami-heat-vs-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-t-wolves-betting-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7128,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions\/7128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}