Golden State Warriors vs Minnesota Timberwolves Point Spread Picks

Golden State routed the Timberwolves 111-85 on Sunday as Stephen Curry scored 26 points and the Warriors recorded a season-high 20 steals. Minnesota scored fewer than 100 points for the first time this season and lost its fifth straight. The Timberwolves won't have much time to correct their mistakes in this back-to-back matchup against the same team. The Warriors have won and covered five of seven, and Sunday's game went UNDER by 41.5 points. The Timberwolves have gone UNDER in their past four Monday games, and they are 16-7 UNDER at home this season. Eleven of their past 13 home contests have stayed UNDER. Minnesota is 1-5 ATS in its past six games against Western Conference teams and 2-6 ATS in its past eight overall. Golden State has covered five of six Monday games, and the Timberwolves are 0-4 ATS in their past home games against teams with less than .400 road winning percentages. Curry likely won't play, but Golden State still will keep it close. Take the Warriors and the UNDER.

Something has to give here. The Golden State has yet to win since losing Jimmy Butler to a torn ACL. Butler was averaging 20.0 points and 4.9 assists. Jonathan Kuminga won't play today either due to knee soreness. He was averaging 15 points a game during the past two games, coming off the bench. The Timberwolves are out to snap a four-game losing streak. The two teams meet again on Monday, so expect a defensive tone to be set here with both teams in real need of a victory. The Warriors rely on their outside shooting. Minnesota has the seventh-best defensive field goal percentage and is above average in 3-point defense. Bad news for Stephen Curry. Golden State has run into some hot offensive teams lately. The Warriors' defense is better than it has shown recently, ranking 10th and giving up an average of 114.2 points per game. Take the UNDER.

Something has to give here. The Golden State has yet to win since losing Jimmy Butler to a torn ACL. Butler was averaging 20.0 points and 4.9 assists. Jonathan Kuminga won't play today either due to knee soreness. He was averaging 15 points a game during the past two games, coming off the bench. The Timberwolves are out to snap a four-game losing streak. The two teams meet again on Monday, so expect a defensive tone to be set here with both teams in real need of a victory. The Warriors rely on their outside shooting. Minnesota has the seventh-best defensive field goal percentage and is above average in 3-point defense. Bad news for Stephen Curry. Golden State has run into some hot offensive teams lately. The Warriors' defense is better than it has shown recently, ranking 10th and giving up an average of 114.2 points per game. Take the UNDER.

Stephen Curry is set to make his return today against the Timberwolves after missing five games with a quad injury. The timing could not be better for Golden State. The Warriors have had this first meeting of the season between these two teams circled ever since the Timberwolves eliminated them in the playoffs last season. The Warriors were sailing past the Timberwolves in Game 1 of last year's Western Conference semifinal playoff series. The Warriors ended up winning that opening game, 99-89, at home, but Curry suffered a hamstring injury that ended his season. The Timberwolves took advantage to win the next four games. Minnesota enters this road matchup following an embarrassing 108-105 home loss to a Phoenix squad without Devin Booker and Jalen Green. Now it's the Timberwolves who might be missing their superstar, as Anthony Edwards is questionable with right-foot soreness. Take the Warriors.