Minnesota Timberwolves – Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Tip, Prediction & Odds | NBA 18.01.2025
The best team in the East looks to recover from a tough loss on Thursday night as the Cavaliers travel to Minnesota for a date with the Timberwolves. Who comes out on top in this East vs West clash?
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers meet on 18.01.2025, in what will be their 1st of two regular season meetings this year. The game will be played at Target Center (Minnesota) with the road team Cavaliers being heavily favored to win this game.
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Minnesota Timberwolves |
Sat, 18.01.2025, 21:00 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
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11/5 |
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Expert Tip |
CLE Cavaliers -7.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs Cleveland Cavaliers: Current situation
Not much has changed since the turn of the new year for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They will connect 3 wins in a row and then go on a 3-game losing streak, failing to master the consistency part all year long. The emergence of Anthony Edwards has been great to watch, he is averaging 30.3 points per game in the month of January, however Minnesota is a modest 4-4 SU in their last 8 games.
Cleveland continues to dominate the Eastern Conference with a 34-6 SU record. At the half way mark of the season they hold a firm grip on the number 1 seed, leading the Celtics by 6 games. Even a run of 2 losses in 3 games didn’t have a negative effect on their position as the defending champions are also struggling a bit right now. The main thing for the Cavs is to stay healthy come playoff time, having this good of a record will allow them to rest certain players down the stretch of the season.
Minnesota Timberwolves Stats & Form
The Timberwolves never led in their latest loss to the Golden State Warriors. They managed to claw back from a 24-point deficit, but in the end Stephen Curry was too much to handle in the clutch as they fell at home 116-115. Losing the rebounding battle to one of the worst teams in the league in that department wasn’t a good luck, especially for Rudy Gobert who ended the game with just 10 boards to go along with his 7 points.
Cleveland Cavaliers Stats & Form
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was just too much to handle for the Cavaliers on Thursday as he dropped 40 on them in a 134-114 loss. Cleveland was down by as many as 42 points at one point, very unusual for a team that’s dominated almost every single opponent so far this season. Donovan Mitchell had a poor showing with just 8 points, Darius Garland was the only bright spot with 20 points and 9 assists. Despite the loss, Cleveland is still 27-13 ATS this year in 40 games played.
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Cleveland Cavaliers: Head-to-Head
Last season the Cavs and T’Wolves split the regular season series, with each team winning their home game. However, Minnesota is on a better run at the moment having won 4 of the last 5 head-to-head, there has not been a lot of points scored over the 3 most recent meetings with an average of just 208 per game.
Minnesota Timberwolves – Cleveland Cavaliers Odds
You can get a big reward for a home win here, the Timberwolves are priced at 11/5 to pull off the upset. Meanwhile, for a Cavaliers road victory odds of just 2/5 are available.
The point total has been set at 231.5 points, with odds of 10/11 supporting either the over or the under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Minnesota Timberwolves vs Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Tip | Odds |
| Minnesota Timberwolves +7.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
| Over 231.5 Total Points | 10/11 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers -7.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
Betting tip and prediction: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Cleveland Cavaliers (18.01.2025)
The Cavaliers have been brought back down to Earth a little after losing their 2nd game in 3 outings on Thursday in Oklahoma City. Only once this season the Cavs have lost two games in a row, so you could say that they are in midst of one of their worst runs of the season at the moment. The oddsmakers don’t seem to be too worried with that, they still have Cleveland as a clear cut favorite to win in Minnesota. And why wouldn’t they? The Cavs remain the best shooting team in the league, knocking down 39.7% of their three-point attempts. Minnesota has really struggled keeping opponents away from the perimeter in their last 3 games, allowing 43.6% of shots to go in on 17 makes per game. Anthony Edwards is the only hope for Minnesota to be competitive in this game, but even he has struggled against the Cavaliers lately averaging just 17.6 points per game over the last 5 meetings. Despite the 20-point loss in Oklahoma City, Cleveland remains a reliable 13-5 ATS in road games this season, while the Timberwolves have covered just 4 times in 19 at Target Center. Let’s stick with the 34-6 Cavs here and back them to cover on the road.
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Expert Tip |
CLE Cavaliers -7.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
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