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Minnesota faces Portland, looks for 4th straight victory

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Portland Trail Blazers (25-37, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (35-29, seventh in the Western Conference)

Minneapolis; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -13.5

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota comes into a matchup with Portland as winners of three games in a row.

The Timberwolves are 8-4 against division opponents. Minnesota is third in the Western Conference with 14.4 fast break points per game led by Anthony Edwards averaging 3.6.

The Trail Blazers are 1-9 in division play. Portland is seventh in the Western Conference with 10.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Jusuf Nurkic averaging 3.0.

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Timberwolves won 109-107 in the last matchup on Jan. 26.

TOP PERFORMERS: Karl-Anthony Towns is scoring 24.4 points per game and averaging 9.5 rebounds for the Timberwolves. D’Angelo Russell is averaging 21.8 points and 2.8 rebounds over the last 10 games for Minnesota.

Anfernee Simons is averaging 17 points…

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