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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Timberwolves as -1-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game's total opened at 222.5.
In their last action, Cleveland was a 92-86 winner at home against the Wizards. They failed to cover the -8.5-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (178) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Minnesota lost its last outing, a 133-102 result against the 76ers on February 25. The Timberwolves failed to cover in that game as a +2.5-point underdog, while the 235 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Minnesota:
Team record: 32-29 SU,31-29-1 ATS
Minnesota is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Minnesota is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Minnesota's last 19 games
Cleveland:
Team record: 36-24 SU,35-23-2 ATS
Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Next up:
Minnesota home to Golden State Tuesday, March 1
Cleveland home to Charlotte Wednesday, March 2