Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, Tips & Odds – Nov. 09, 2023

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November 8, 2023

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Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction 09.11.2023. One of the most interesting matches tonight in the NBA league is being played at the Target Center, where the home Timberwolves welcome the New Orleans Pelicans, who have been having big problems with injuries lately.

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Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans Odds

Minnesota Timberwolves Team News

Minnesota once again showed how uncomfortable it is at home. After the victory over the Nuggets, they also inflicted their first defeat on the Boston Celtics. They showed once again how powerful they are defensively and limited the league’s best attack to only 109 points after overtime. Anthony Edwards played a brutal game, scoring 38 points, adding 9 rebounds and 7 assists. Edwards is on over 50% three-point shooting, and at the same time, he has a huge expenditure in defense and in creation. A true leader and engine of the team from Minneapolis.

The Timberwolves are the best defensive team in the league and have conceded more than 100 points in only two matches so far this season. The presence in the racket of the longtime best defensive player in the league, Rudy Gobert, contributes a lot to their defensive rating. Gobert and KAT often play together in the five, where Towns has much more space to take advantage of miss-match situations and to play with his face and attack the basket, while Gobert “patches” all the holes on defense. In addition to the already proven defenders Gobert and Edwards, the Wolves’ top five also include one of the best defensive playmakers, Mike Conley, who puts constant pressure on opposing backs.

They are currently on a 4-2 record, and they do not have a single loss at home. They are looking for another victory against the Pelicans, and they want to take advantage of the injury problems the guests have, but also to attack the guests’ high players through Towns, who played a very bad match against the Celtics, and we expect his reaction.

Æ’s world and we’re all just livin’ in it. pic.twitter.com/Wo9rMuygzu
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) November 7, 2023

New Orleans Pelicans News

The Pelicans entered the season well and are at 4-3, but they are currently in trouble, as one of the main players, CJ McCollum, is likely to be out for a long period of time due to health issues. It will be a big blow to the Pelicans’ game because they don’t have a player who can replace and compensate for CJ’s absence. In addition to McCollum, Jose Alvarado, who is the driving force in the defense, has not been in the lineup for a long time. The Pelicans have big problems with creation and depend a lot on the game 1 on 1. Now the young Hawkins and Dyson will have a much bigger role. Hawkins is more focused on attacking the basket than creating, while Dyson is a creator and an excellent defender. Hawkins showed his offensive quality in the match against the Nuggets, where he scored 31 points and was the Pelicans’ best player. He made 7 three-point shots out of 14 attempts.

What is very important for the Pelicans is the form of Zion Williamson, who constantly plays at the start of the season, and has no major problems with injuries and excess weight. The problem for the Pelicans in the last two matches is a very bad defense and the large number of points they conceded in the last two matches. The Nuggets scored 134 points, while the Hawks stopped at 123 points.

Most 3PM in the first seven games of a career:

20 — Jordan Hawkins (2023)
20 — Lauri Markkanen (2017)
19 — Saddiq Bey (2020)
19 — Luka Doncic (2018)
19 — Bennedict Mathurin (2022) pic.twitter.com/AYjqdvSvry
— StatMamba (@StatMamba) November 7, 2023

Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans H2H

09.04.23 – Timberwolves : Pelicans – 113:108

26.01.23 – Pelicans : Timberwolves – 102:111

29.12.22 – Pelicans : Timberwolves – 134:112

Injuries and suspensions

Minnesota Timberwolves: Clark, McLaughlin(?).

New Orleans Pelicans: McCollum, Marshall, Murphy, Alvarado.