{"id":1432,"date":"2021-12-08T08:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2021-12-08T08:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:07:15","slug":"minnesota-timberwolves-vs-utah-jazz-picks-and-predictions-dec-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves-vs-utah-jazz-picks-and-predictions-dec-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Picks and Predictions Dec 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Betting Preview<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz betting preview for Wednesday, December 8. At the time of posting, the Jazz have opened as a 9-point road favorite at Minnesota, with the total sitting at 219 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Stay on top of the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/nba\">NBA<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Predictions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Utah Jazz -9 at Minnesota Timberwolves<\/li>\n<li>Total: 219 Points<\/li>\n<li>Eight of Utah&#8217;s last nine games have gone over the total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Utah continues their four game east road trip at Minnesota and they are winners of five out six with the lone loss being a strange loss at home to the Pelicans. The Timberwolves have lost three straight, and even though Minnesota and Towns and Edwards might be one of the most fun teams in the league to watch, that doesn\u2019t help us make money. We can\u2019t pay bills with entertainment, so let\u2019s see if there\u2019s a betting angle in this game.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams offer no trends on ATS full season or recently, so I\u2019m ignoring that. These two teams are top half in the NBA in scoring, and the Jazz are the second-highest scoring team in the league, and in games that they win outright they\u2019ve scored 107 or more in all of them. They\u2019ve also scored 127 or more in three out of their last four games, so their offense has been firing on all cylinders and in all four of those games Donavan Mitchell has been their leading scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has let a couple of guards score on them recently including Trae Young who went for 29 last game against them. Combine that with Minnesota being 4th worst in the NBA defending centers, we might be looking at big games from Mitchell and Gobert.<\/p>\n<p>The Jazz are 8-2 to the over in their last ten games and they\u2019re 3-0 to the over in their last three away games and Timberwolves have had four out of their last six games go over this total. Utah is bottom half in defending guards, and despite them having Gobert inside, they still give up 21.6 points a game to centers. This number sits at 219 right now, and I\u2019m certainly not playing any unders with these two teams, so I\u2019ll play the over in this one.<\/p>\n<p>Official Play: OVER 219<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patriots +120 ML completes the MNF sweep for a big night and makes for a nice and profitable week in the NFL. If you missed out, don&#8217;t worry&#8230;next weeks plays will start coming in Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Lang (@BumpSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BumpSports\/status\/1468071669923295238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Analysis from The GoldSheet<\/h3>\n<p>Oddly, Minnesota has won and covered the last 3 in this series, and almost as oddly, this series has gone under the total 6 of the last 7. Utah playing well, winning 8 of last 10 for Quin Snyder, but not covering a lot of numbers, dropping 5 of last 7 against the spread, while going over the total in 8 of its last 9, scoring 121 points per 100 possessions. The Jazz have scored 119 ppg and shot 50% as a team in their last 9, led by Donovan Mitchell\u2019s 24 ppg and 6 others scoring double-digits. Would favor Minnesota if D\u2019Angelo Russell (ankle) were probable, but Timberwolves\u2019 HC Chris Finch felt Russell was probably not going to play. Some good news for Minny is that defensive specialist and trash-talking expert Patrick Beverley should be good to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta.png\" alt=\"Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Analysis from The GoldSheet\" width=\"1286\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta.png 1286w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta-768x405.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1286px) 100vw, 1286px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>NBA Tip-Off Show<\/h3>\n<p>Fourteen games on Wednesday&#8217;s loaded NBA betting slate. Join Joe Raineri, Tony Mejia, Teddy Covers and Kevin Dolan for the NBA Tip-Off Show at 4:15pm ET \/ 1:15pm PT as we discuss tonight&#8217;s marquee games. Stay up-to-date on the latest NBA news, stats, analysis, and predictions with our panel of professional handicappers as they preview tonight&#8217;s NBA action, including this Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz clash, from a betting perspective.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJuPkCkQTKA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>WagerTalk Live Odds Screen<\/h3>\n<p>WagerTalk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/freeOddsPage\/page.html?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.5104314301658235\">live odds screen<\/a> features up-to-the-minute lines from a variety of offshore and domestic sports books. Track the NBA point spreads, moneylines, first half lines and betting percentages for all of Wednesday&#8217;s NBA games, including this Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz showdown, from your desktop or phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/freeOddsPage\/page.html?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.5104314301658235\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1.png\" alt=\"WagerTalk Live Odds Screen\" width=\"1658\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1.png 1658w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1-1536x635.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1658px) 100vw, 1658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Looking for more free sports picks and sports betting tips?<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Latest Betting Odds and Public Action<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/odds\" data-schema-attribute=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vegas lines<\/a> updated in real time, including who the public is betting on. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Last Minute Handicapping Advice<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">: Check out our extensive library of <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wagertalk.com\/sports-betting-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handicapping tips<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and advice from professional Vegas handicappers (we also recommend taking the time to look over our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wagertalk.com\/videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sports betting tips video library<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Want an expert opinion?<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Check out the latest <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Free Sports Picks<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Bets<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> from our team of expert sports handicappers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Betting Preview WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz betting preview for Wednesday, December 8. At the time of posting, the Jazz have opened as a 9-point road favorite at Minnesota, with the total sitting at 219 points. Stay on top of the latest NBA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[326,81,177,164,176,230],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-predictions","tag-utah-jazz"],"basic_html":"<h2>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Betting Preview<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz betting preview for Wednesday, December 8. At the time of posting, the Jazz have opened as a 9-point road favorite at Minnesota, with the total sitting at 219 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Stay on top of the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/nba\">NBA<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<h3>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Predictions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Utah Jazz -9 at Minnesota Timberwolves<\/li>\n \t<li>Total: 219 Points<\/li>\n \t<li>Eight of Utah's last nine games have gone over the total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nUtah continues their four game east road trip at Minnesota and they are winners of five out six with the lone loss being a strange loss at home to the Pelicans. The Timberwolves have lost three straight, and even though Minnesota and Towns and Edwards might be one of the most fun teams in the league to watch, that doesn\u2019t help us make money. We can\u2019t pay bills with entertainment, so let\u2019s see if there\u2019s a betting angle in this game.\n\nBoth teams offer no trends on ATS full season or recently, so I\u2019m ignoring that. These two teams are top half in the NBA in scoring, and the Jazz are the second-highest scoring team in the league, and in games that they win outright they\u2019ve scored 107 or more in all of them. They\u2019ve also scored 127 or more in three out of their last four games, so their offense has been firing on all cylinders and in all four of those games Donavan Mitchell has been their leading scorer.\n\nMinnesota has let a couple of guards score on them recently including Trae Young who went for 29 last game against them. Combine that with Minnesota being 4th worst in the NBA defending centers, we might be looking at big games from Mitchell and Gobert.\n\nThe Jazz are 8-2 to the over in their last ten games and they\u2019re 3-0 to the over in their last three away games and Timberwolves have had four out of their last six games go over this total. Utah is bottom half in defending guards, and despite them having Gobert inside, they still give up 21.6 points a game to centers. This number sits at 219 right now, and I\u2019m certainly not playing any unders with these two teams, so I\u2019ll play the over in this one.\n\nOfficial Play: OVER 219\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patriots +120 ML completes the MNF sweep for a big night and makes for a nice and profitable week in the NFL. If you missed out, don't worry...next weeks plays will start coming in Wednesday.<\/p>\n\u2014 Andy Lang (@BumpSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BumpSports\/status\/1468071669923295238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<h3>Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Analysis from The GoldSheet<\/h3>\nOddly, Minnesota has won and covered the last 3 in this series, and almost as oddly, this series has gone under the total 6 of the last 7. Utah playing well, winning 8 of last 10 for Quin Snyder, but not covering a lot of numbers, dropping 5 of last 7 against the spread, while going over the total in 8 of its last 9, scoring 121 points per 100 possessions. The Jazz have scored 119 ppg and shot 50% as a team in their last 9, led by Donovan Mitchell\u2019s 24 ppg and 6 others scoring double-digits. Would favor Minnesota if D\u2019Angelo Russell (ankle) were probable, but Timberwolves\u2019 HC Chris Finch felt Russell was probably not going to play. Some good news for Minny is that defensive specialist and trash-talking expert Patrick Beverley should be good to go.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/minuta.png\" alt=\"Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz Analysis from The GoldSheet\" width=\"1286\" height=\"679\"><\/a>\n<h3>NBA Tip-Off Show<\/h3>\nFourteen games on Wednesday's loaded NBA betting slate. Join Joe Raineri, Tony Mejia, Teddy Covers and Kevin Dolan for the NBA Tip-Off Show at 4:15pm ET \/ 1:15pm PT as we discuss tonight's marquee games. Stay up-to-date on the latest NBA news, stats, analysis, and predictions with our panel of professional handicappers as they preview tonight's NBA action, including this Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz clash, from a betting perspective.\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJuPkCkQTKA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<h3>WagerTalk Live Odds Screen<\/h3>\nWagerTalk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/freeOddsPage\/page.html?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.5104314301658235\">live odds screen<\/a> features up-to-the-minute lines from a variety of offshore and domestic sports books. Track the NBA point spreads, moneylines, first half lines and betting percentages for all of Wednesday's NBA games, including this Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz showdown, from your desktop or phone.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/freeOddsPage\/page.html?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.5104314301658235\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nbawed-1.png\" alt=\"WagerTalk Live Odds Screen\" width=\"1658\" height=\"685\"><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Looking for more free sports picks and sports betting tips?<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Latest Betting Odds and Public Action<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/odds\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">Vegas lines<\/a> updated in real time, including who the public is betting on. <\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Last Minute Handicapping Advice<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">: Check out our extensive library of <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wagertalk.com\/sports-betting-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handicapping tips<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and advice from professional Vegas handicappers (we also recommend taking the time to look over our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wagertalk.com\/videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sports betting tips video library<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Want an expert opinion?<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Check out the latest <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Free Sports Picks<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Bets<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> from our team of expert sports handicappers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}