Tonight's Spurs vs. Timberwolves predictions expect Jaden McDaniels to continue taking a back seat to Julius Randle on offense.
Julius Randle's return from injury has been a positive development for the Timberwolves, except it has resulted in Jaden McDaniels taking on more of a secondary role. That will continue tonight against the Spurs.
The Minnesota Timberwolves appear to have survived a rash of injuries, sitting just percentage points away from the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference and a chance to escape the Play-In Tournament. After a 5-8 February, Minnesota has rattled off four straight wins, those four games coinciding with Julius Randle’s return from injury.NBA picksplayed 48 games together before Randle’s adductor strain. In them, McDaniels averaged just 10.5 points on 8.9 shots per game, playing as theAnd then in 13 games without Randle, McDaniels averaged 18.5 points on 14.8 shots. Clearly, working as the Timberwolves power forward better fit the fifth-year veteran’s offensive game. It better fit his game in other regards, too. McDaniels averaged 8.4 rebounds in February, compared to 5.2 rebounds through the season’s first three-plus months. But now, Randle is back.Anthony Edwards ’ shoulders. Opponents cannot so easily double Edwards when Randle is creating his own shots. For as well as McDaniels played, his offense is not as sustainable. Randle’s return has keyed a four-game winning streak — who cares who the opponents were when the Timberwolves lost to the Jazz in the game before Randle’s health. But in that stretch, McDaniels has returned to a more limited role, taking 12 or fewer shots in three of those games.In the four games since Randle’s return, Minnesota has fallen short of its team total twice, against Miami and Phoenix, while exceeding it against Charlotte and Philadelphia. Three of those games were routs, as tonight’s should be, including both of the latter Overs. That thought process fits with an Over tonight, as the Timberwolves should rout the Spurs, as that 11.5-point spread makes clear.Take advantage of the early win payout at bet365, where any pre-game NBA moneyline bet getsMinnesota opened as a 10-point favorite on Saturday, reaching -10.5 before night’s end and then jumping to -11 early on Sunday.The total opened at 228 and spiked to 232 by the end of Saturday night and to 232.5 by Sunday morning.: Our team of experts has thoroughly researched and handpicked each product that appears on our website. We may receive compensation if you sign up through our links. Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking about college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His betting habits and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending eight seasons as NBC Sports’ beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gambling focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with three decades more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by best recognizing Notre Dame’s standing in each year’s national landscape, a complex tapestry most easily understood and remembered via betting odds. In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a role that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or six dozen bets each week, a disproportionate amount via BetRivers because the operator tends to have lines slightly different than the rest of the market. The same can be said of Circa Sports’ futures markets. While Douglas is an avid NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the vast majority of his bets are on college football, because that is the biggest key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.Ryan GilbertCopyright © 1995 - 2025 CS Media Limited All Rights Reserved. If you choose to make use of any information on this website including online sports betting services from any websites that may be featured on this website, we strongly recommend that you carefully check your local laws before doing so.It is your sole responsibility to understand your local laws and observe them strictly.Covers does not provide any advice or guidance as to the legality of online sports betting or other online gambling activities within your jurisdiction and you are responsible for complying with laws that are applicable to you in your relevant locality.Covers disclaims all liability associated with your use of this website and use of any information contained on it.As a condition of using this website, you agree to hold the owner of this website harmless from any claims arising from your use of any services on any third party website that may be featured by Covers.
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