509 SPURS at 510 TIMBERWOLVES
Take: SPURS -4
The data is compelling. Going back well more than one decade, the evidence clearly exists that teams forced to play with no rest don’t do especially well. Only five franchises have a winning overall record in this situation, and the ledger is more than ample enough to support the conclusion.
But the one franchise that might want to object to the change that’s going to take place would be the San Antonio Spurs. They’ve got the best no rest record in the NBA in that time frame, and it’s by a pretty substantial margin. Evidently, Greg Popovich knows how to handle this situation better than his coaching brethren.
The Spurs will be sans rest this evening as they head to Minnesota after squeezing out a one-point win at Milwaukee. The Spurs are already 4-1 so far this season playing with no rest.
Interestingly, while it’s just on what’s taken place so far in the current campaign, rest doesn’t seem to agree much with the Timberwolves. They’re sporting some really ugly numbers when having what’s supposed to be luxury of a little time off between games.
Minnesota has also been completely inefficient when playing off a win. The Timberwolves have yet to even win twice in succession this season, and have only covered one spread in six tries with supposed momentum on their side.
San Antonio will eventually lose a road game, but I like the chances of the Spurs moving to a perfect 13-0 away from home this season with a win tonight. Minnesota has some terrific young talent, but they just haven’t put it together yet and they’ve actually been pretty much as lousy at home as they have on the road. The number here is reasonable enough to support a play on the Spurs minus the points.
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