Minnesota Timberwolves versus Phoenix Suns Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Lines Odds Preview 4-13-2013

The 24-55 Phoenix Suns will travel to play the 29-50 Minnesota Timberwolves in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Minnesota is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team Minnesota Timberwolves favored by -5 ½ points with an over under line of 201 points. There has been no movement in the lines since the odds were released a few hours ago.

This is the fourth meeting of the year between the Suns and Timberwolves with Minnesota winning and covering the point spread in two of the three games.

Phoenix has a road record of 8-31 on the season. They break a ten game losing streak after a 102-91 road defeat on Wednesday to the Dallas Mavericks as a +13 ½ point underdog. The total landed under 204 ½ points. The Suns went up 61-51 at the half in victory. They shot 42% from the floor and made 12 of 27 from the three point line. Phoenix held the Mavericks 40% shooting along with 6 of their 17 three pointers. Goran Dragic led the Suns with 21 points and 13 assists as he made 7 of his 14 shots. Phoenix has struggled on both ends of the court ranking in the lower third of the NBA in all key categories on offense and on defense. They are 25th an sixth worst in the league in points allowed and defensive field goal percentage as they give up 101.3 points a game as well as 46.9% shooting to opponents. Phoenix is the worst three point shooting team in basketball by making 32.9% from beyond the arc.

The Timberwolves are 19-20 playing at home. They lose their third straight after a 107-100 road defeat on Friday to the Utah Jazz as a +9 ½ point underdog. The game finished over 196 ½ points. Minnesota shot 46.2% from the field and made 8 of 22 three pointers. They fail to capitalize on 18 Jazz turnovers as the Timberwolves gave up 58.3% shooting along with 8 of 13 from three to Utah. Jose Barea came off the bench for Minnesota with 23 points and four rebounds as he made 6 of his 14 shots. Injuries to Kevin Love and other rotational players for significant time took its toll on this promising team. They rank in the bottom third of the NBA in all four key areas of offense. The team hits on 43.8% of their shots ranking 24th in basketball. Minnesota is the worst three point shooting team in the NBA.