The Houston Rockets visit the Minnesota Timberwolves for an exciting Tuesday night matchup.
The pregame narrative: Houston is one of the best teams ATS this season so I feel comfortable backing it to cover a teased-up spread. To finish out the ticket, I’m adding player props on Alperen Sengun and Anthony Edwards.
Check out my Rockets vs. Timberwolves same-game parlay predictions for Nov. 26.
Rockets vs. Timberwolves predictions
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Parlay: Rockets +6.5 + Sengun over 18.5 points + Edwards over 3.5 threes (+320)
Rockets +6.5 (-180): Houston is 12-6 ATS this season. That includes being 3-1 as the underdog which is the situation tonight.
The Rockets are rolling, winning 12 of their first 18 games while Minnesota is falling short of expectations with an 8-8 record.
Part of me believes that Houston will win straight up tonight, but I feel really good about this 6.5-point alternate spread.
The T-Wolves are struggling right now, winning just two of their last seven with losses to the Toronto Raptors and back-to-back losses against the Portland Trailblazers.
Those two wins came by a combined seven points so even if Minnesota pulls out a victory tonight, I can’t see it being a blowout.
Houston is 17-1 against this line.
SGP legs
Sengun over 18.5 points (-139): Firstly, Sengun has cleared this point total in three of his past four games against Minnesota.
At 22 years old, the centre is playing the best basketball of his young career and I think he can take advantage of Rudy Gobert on defence.
Let’s take a look at what a few mobile centres have done against the T-Wolves:
- Domantas Sabonis (23 points, 10/15 shooting)
- Nikola Vucevic (25 points, 11/15 shooting)
- Nikola Jokic (26 points, 8/16 shooting)
Gobert is a great rim-protecting centre, but when the opposing big man can get him moving away from the basket, he has problems.
My biggest concern is that Sengun doesn’t get enough volume — but if he does, I see him stuffing the statsheet.
Edwards over 3.5 threes (-129): There are only a few players in the NBA I would even consider backing at this number and Edwards is one of them.
Ant is a flamethrower from deep:
- 78 made threes (leads the NBA)
- 43.8% 3-point percentage
- Attempts 11.1 per game
With that volume and efficiency, this is a no-brainer to add to the parlay. Edwards is 13-3 against this line this season.
Picks made at 9:07 a.m. on 11/26/24.
Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.