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NBA : ATS Matchup
Saturday 3/24/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
MINNESOTA
 
PHILADELPHIA
+8  

-8  
+280

-360

224
 
108
Final
120

MINNESOTA (42 - 31) at PHILADELPHIA (41 - 30)
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Saturday, 3/24/2018 6:05 PM
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502PHILADELPHIA-6-7.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games42-31-16.633-3741-31110.055.948.1%49.5107.653.447.7%48.4
Road Games15-22-19.315-2020-17108.154.647.8%47.6109.553.748.4%49.2
Last 5 Games3-2+1.42-34-1113.655.050.6%48.4114.060.648.5%46.6
MINNESOTA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)110.055.941-8648.1%8-2236.0%20-2480.5%501023188124
vs opponents surrendering106.453.640-8646.0%10-2936.3%17-2276.9%511023208145
Team Stats (Road Games)108.154.640-8447.8%8-2136.2%20-2482.1%48921188124
Stats Against (All Games)107.653.440-8547.7%11-3036.4%16-2078.2%481024216145
vs opponents averaging106.753.840-8646.1%11-2936.3%17-2276.6%521023208145
Stats Against (Road Games)109.553.741-8548.4%11-3036.7%16-2078.4%491025207145

PHILADELPHIA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games41-30-240-3136-35108.456.046.8%54.8105.552.843.7%51.5
Home Games23-10+0.122-1115-18109.755.947.1%56.1102.950.342.3%52.6
Last 5 Games5-0+53-24-1116.658.447.3%56.6104.655.043.0%54.6
PHILADELPHIA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)108.456.040-8546.8%11-2936.8%18-2375.9%551126228165
vs opponents surrendering106.253.539-8646.0%10-2936.2%17-2277.0%511023208145
Team Stats (Home Games)109.755.941-8847.1%11-3035.7%17-2276.4%561227218155
Stats Against (All Games)105.552.838-8743.7%10-2934.3%19-2675.5%521022219145
vs opponents averaging106.353.540-8646.0%11-2936.3%17-2276.9%511023208145
Stats Against (Home Games)102.950.337-8842.3%10-2933.4%18-2574.3%531121208134
Average power rating of opponents played: MINNESOTA 96,  PHILADELPHIA 95.8
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
MINNESOTA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
2/13/2018HOUSTON108-126L3L224O40-8447.6%48841-8349.4%466
2/15/2018LA LAKERS119-111W-10.5L227.5O42-9046.7%531043-9445.7%5613
2/23/2018@ HOUSTON102-120L7.5L223U40-9442.6%491040-8248.8%5511
2/24/2018CHICAGO122-104W-7.5W218.5O46-9448.9%551142-9046.7%5414
2/26/2018@ SACRAMENTO118-100W-5W215.5O39-7552.0%481240-8447.6%3614
3/1/2018@ PORTLAND99-108L5.5L218.5U38-8544.7%531536-9239.1%608
3/2/2018@ UTAH108-116L7.5L209O38-7451.4%351240-7851.3%5518
3/8/2018BOSTON109-117L2.5L218O44-9446.8%511243-8749.4%5411
3/11/2018GOLDEN STATE109-103W3.5W224U44-9546.3%57937-9140.7%5613
3/13/2018@ WASHINGTON116-111W3W218O46-8752.9%441042-8251.2%4511
3/17/2018@ SAN ANTONIO101-117L4.5L213O39-8148.1%491649-9651.0%455
3/18/2018HOUSTON120-129L7.5L223O45-8652.3%511243-7855.1%4011
3/20/2018LA CLIPPERS123-109W-3.5W229O45-8652.3%471140-9343.0%5310
3/23/2018@ NEW YORK108-104W-6L226U35-7546.7%511440-9243.5%5010
3/24/2018@ PHILADELPHIA              
3/26/2018MEMPHIS              
3/28/2018ATLANTA              
3/30/2018@ DALLAS              
4/1/2018UTAH              
4/5/2018@ DENVER              
4/6/2018@ LA LAKERS              
4/9/2018MEMPHIS              

PHILADELPHIA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
2/12/2018NEW YORK108-92W-11.5W210U41-7455.4%451731-7839.7%4719
2/14/2018MIAMI104-102W-3.5L202.5O39-9242.4%701735-7745.5%4110
2/22/2018@ CHICAGO116-115W-7.5L213O42-8251.2%51944-9745.4%6213
2/24/2018ORLANDO116-105W-10W217.5O42-8151.9%521438-8445.2%4012
2/25/2018@ WASHINGTON94-109L1L214.5U31-8636.0%501543-7954.4%5019
2/27/2018@ MIAMI101-102L1.5W205.5U35-8441.7%572336-8144.4%4816
3/1/2018@ CLEVELAND108-97W2.5W222U40-9044.4%65936-8741.4%529
3/2/2018CHARLOTTE110-99W-3.5W215U41-8150.6%521134-8142.0%5310
3/4/2018@ MILWAUKEE110-118L-1L209O39-7055.7%412647-9549.5%5013
3/6/2018@ CHARLOTTE128-114W-2W214O50-8757.5%511440-8050.0%3710
3/8/2018@ MIAMI99-108L-1L210.5U34-8639.5%511842-8947.2%6114
3/11/2018@ BROOKLYN120-97W-5.5W219U50-9552.6%56933-8538.8%5118
3/13/2018INDIANA98-101L-6L211.5U35-7546.7%532138-9540.0%539
3/15/2018@ NEW YORK118-110W-9.5L218O41-9145.1%621445-8751.7%5212
3/16/2018BROOKLYN120-116W-8.5L217.5O43-9545.3%51540-8944.9%6012
3/19/2018CHARLOTTE108-94W-8.5W221U42-9345.2%621532-8537.6%509
3/21/2018MEMPHIS119-105W-12.5W208.5O46-8454.8%441440-9940.4%6113
3/22/2018@ ORLANDO118-98W-8W213O42-8947.2%641637-9140.7%5011
3/24/2018MINNESOTA              
3/26/2018DENVER              
3/28/2018NEW YORK              
3/30/2018@ ATLANTA              
4/1/2018@ CHARLOTTE              
4/3/2018BROOKLYN              
4/4/2018@ DETROIT              
4/6/2018CLEVELAND              
4/8/2018DALLAS              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
MINNESOTA: It's playoffs or bust for Minnesota this season, which sounds crazy for a team that has not made the postseason since 2004. The West is stacked, but head coach Tom Thibodeau made the moves he did with the express purpose of ending the longest active playoff drought in the league. Jimmy Butler was brought in from the Bulls via trade to speed up to the team's development. He is the prototype for a Thibodeau player'intense, demanding and defensive-minded. His ability to make shots late in games should also help a team that struggled mightily to close out opponents last season, and his familiarity with Thibodeau should help the younger players on the team absorb more of the coach's teachings. If the second unit can prevent huge drop-offs from what is expected to be a formidable starting five, the Wolves should finally be able to remind their long-suffering fans that the season does not end in mid-April.
PHILADELPHIA: The Sixers haven't made the playoffs since 2012 but they have a legitimate chance to break that streak should Ben Simmons and rookie Markelle Fultz be able to produce and Joel Embiid find a way to remain healthy and productive. Philadelphia has two No. 3 overall picks in Embiid and Jahlil Okafor and two No. 1s in Simmons and Fultz to show for five losing seasons. Embiid, who has played only 31 games in three years and has yet to show he's durable enough to last a full season, will play under the expectation of the $148 million contract extension signed shortly before the season. He is clearly a difference maker and his health could ultimately determine whether the Sixers contend for a playoff spot or spend another year in the draft lottery.
PREVIEW
Young guns square off as 76ers host 'Wolves
 

Two of the top young post players in the NBA will take center stage on Saturday night in Philadelphia when Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves travel to Wells Fargo Arena to play Joel Embiid and the 76ers in a game with important playoff implications.

Philadelphia, the hottest team in the Eastern Conference with five straight wins, including Thursday's balanced 118-98 win over the Orlando Magic, has crept up to the fourth seed in the East playoff race, one game behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third seed. Still, heading into Friday's games, just five games separated the third-seeded Cavs from the eighth-seeded Milwaukee Bucks.

"We respect the journey," Philadelphia coach Brett Brown told reporters in Orlando. "We don't intend on letting what we built so far go easily. We are aware of where we're at. We want to hold onto where we're at. And we want to play good basketball."

The 76ers have gotten this far on the strength of Embiid and triple-double machine Ben Simmons -- who just missed out on yet another with six points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the win over Orlando -- as they chase their first playoff berth since 2012.

"This is foreign territory to a lot of our guys," Brown said. "We can talk all about Dario (Saric) played at Efes, and Ben playing at LSU, Joel playing at Kansas -- it's not the NBA playoffs. The NBA 82-game regular season versus the NBA playoffs is a different sport."

Minnesota, meanwhile, has weathered Jimmy Butler's absence, improving to 7-6 over its last 13 games.

The Wolves snapped a two-game losing streak on Tuesday in a 123-109 win over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, when Towns led all scorers with 30 points.

Towns also had 37 in a 116-111 win over Washington on March 13, two days after scoring 31 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, while adding 16 rebounds in a huge 109-103 win over the Golden State Warriors.

"Obviously it's humbling, just that they respect the work I put into my craft," Towns told reporters after the win over the Warriors. "I'm blessed with the opportunity to catch the ball with that kind of situation and be able to capitalize."

With Towns in tow, the Wolves have relied on Andrew Wiggins to up his game, and he has responded in recent weeks. Wiggins slumped in an early February stretch in which he failed to top 20 points in nine straight games, bottoming out with games of seven and eight points on a combined 6 of 25 shooting against the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers. One game later, Butler was injured.

Since then, Wiggins has scored 20-plus in nine of 11 games, including 27 points in the 14-point win over the Clippers.

"I'm just trying to help the team any way I can," Wiggins said. "When we need to score, I've got to score."

Minnesota next returns home for two, starting with a matchup with Memphis on Monday at 8 p.m.

The 76ers remain home for two more games -- Monday against Denver and Wednesday against New York, both at 7 p.m. -- before heading south to Atlanta and Charlotte for a two-game set.


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