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Calvin King
[1%] Free Play on Warriors +8 -115
Info Plays
1* FREE INFO PLAY Suns +6½ -105
Jack Jones
Jack's Free Pick Sunday: New Orleans Pelicans +6
The Timberwolves felt like they needed to play a complete game going into the playoffs despite being locked into the No. 6 seed in their last contest. They accomplished that by playing most of their starters and upsetting the Rockets 136-132 on the road as 10-point dogs.
Now the Timberwolves are focusing on health and rest heading into the playoffs in game No. 82 tonight. They will be sitting Edwards, Gobert, Randle, Reid, Hyland, McDaniels, Dosunmu, Conley and Anderson. Without eight of their top nine scorers, they should not be 6-point favorites over the Pelicans tonight.
The Pelicans have no incentive to lose and I expect them to try and win this game. They only lost by 4 to the Magic, beat the Jazz by 19 and lost by 26 to the Celtics in their last three games. The Celtics were motivated to clinch the No. 2 seed and played like it.
No question the Pelicans are without some key players as well in Bey, Jones, Murphy, Murray and Zion as well. But they are a much deeper team than the Timberwolves. I really like what I've seen from Queen, Fears, Poole, Peavy and Hawkins here down the stretch. They will play to win here in their regular season finale. Bet the Pelicans Sunday.
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Mike Lundin
Warriors vs Clippers NBA Free Pick
The Angle(s): The Golden State Warriors are locked into the 10th seed, but are still working on the chemistry for the play-in tournament. I think they'll go for it and can keep this somewhat close, as they're looking to see all their stars back from injuries.
The Bet: WARRIORS (3%).
Steve Janus
1* Free Sharp Play on Pelicans +6½ -105
Bobby Conn
1* Free Play on Clippers -6 -110
John Martin
1 Unit FREE PLAY on Oklahoma City Thunder -5.5
Both the Phoenix Suns and Oklahoma City Thunder will be resting starters today with nothing to play for and locked into their seeds in the West. The difference is the Thunder are a much deeper team and will try hard tonight. We saw how poor the Suns were without their starters in a 101-73 loss to the Lakers last time out. That was a Lakers team missing Doncic and Reaves. Give me the Thunder.
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Denver at San Antonio
Nuggets (+) over Spurs - Wemby may be playing for the MVP but most likely will not see much action in the second half…take DENVER!
AAA Sports
AAA Sports' Selection: New Orleans Pelicans/Minnesota Timberwolves (OVER):
New Orleans is still playing to win with no 1st round picks this offseason. It's seen back-to-back games finish OVER the total.
Four of the L5 games between these two teams played in Minnesota have gone OVER the number.
Minnesota is secured in the #6 seed and will play either Denver or LAL (probably LAL given starters playing today.)
But, the Timberwolves are still a faster playing team, in the top half of the NBA and should remain that way here.
The OVER is 4-2 over their L6 games.
We're on the OVER.
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