San Antonio at Minnesota

Minnesota doesn't play any defense (#29 in points allowed) and has been badly banged-up. Minnesota has lost point guard Ricky Rubio for a while with a sprained ankle, Nikola Pekovic sprained his right wrist during the 1-5 trek, and Thaddeus Young has been out following the death of his mother. Pekovic and Young are not expected to return until next week. The Timberwolves are 14-30-1 ATS against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and into town comes the defending champs. The Spurs topped Cleveland 92-90 on Wednesday with Boris Diaw and Tim Duncan providing 19 points apiece. San Antonio, using a nine-man rotation, also held LeBron James to 15 points and star Kevin Love to a season-low 10. The Spurs are 13-3 ATS playing on one days rest and 4-1 ATS in their last five road games. Lay the points on the Spurs.