NBA Free Premium Play 01/09: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Toronto Raptors

Minnesota  at Toronto

NBA - 701 Minnesota Timberwolves @ 702 Toronto Raptors Projected line: Toronto by 6 points This is a back to back game for Minnesota, after having played yesterday at Washington. Ellington played 34 minutes yesterday, Love 41 minutes, Rubio 30 minutes and D. Williams 30 minutes. Toronto was completely crushed at Philadelphia on a back to back spot and the team had no effort on the 2nd half so we are dealing with a bounce back spot for them: “Like I told our guys, no one’s going to feel sorry for us, we can’t give in to fatigue and frustration and let teams blow us out and blast us like that,” Dwayne Casey said after a 90-minute game-day shootaround session Monday morning. “We’ve got to develop that toughness and if we don’t, we’re going to have a lot of Saturday nights in us.”! Minnesota continues to have their usual dependency on their exterior game and even though they shot well yesterday from the outside with 10-26 3pts, their volume was too high from the perimeter with 26 3pts attempts and 22 FG attempts from 16-23 feet but JUST 8-13 FG at the rim! The Wolves showed no interior game and they just used it to have a couple of offensive rebounds! This dependency on the outside shooting may make them struggle heavily today on a back to back spot! Toronto is really good on spot up plays by being #4 in the league with 0.99 PPP, with a volume of 25%, something that will cause problems for the Wolves tonight. This is a good bounce back spot for Toronto, while the Wolves are clearly on a letdown spot, after a great outside shooting game yesterday! I expect the Raptors to show extra effort tonight and get a good win tonight! I'll take Toronto in here. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 702 Toronto Raptors (-3) @ -110 / 1.91 on 5Dimes