ASA play on 8* Portland Trailblazers -5.5 vs Minnesota Timberwolves, 10:10 PM ET - This is a great spot to back the Blazers and fade the Wolves. Minnesota is coming off a big game in Utah last night (the return of Rudy Gobert) and will have a tough time getting back up for this game. Portland is off a tough 1-point loss to the Nuggets on Dec 8th. The Blazers got Damian Lillard back in that game and he promptly went off for 40-points. He’s in line for another big game here against a Wolves team that doesn’t defend guards well. The Wolves have a tighter rotation now that Karl Anthony Towns is out which makes this scheduling situation that much tougher. Going back to the start of last season, the T-Wolves are 6-9-1 ATS with a negative differential of -2.9PPG when playing without rest. The big advantage the Blazers have here is 3-point shooting. Portland has the 3rd best 3PT% in the NBA and the Wolves are the 29th worst 3PT% defense. Portland has dominated this series as the home team with a 22-7-2 ATS record the last 31 times the Wolves have come to town.