Rockets vs. Timberwolves Prediction and Odds for Saturday, November 5th (Back Houston on Saturday)

It's been a slow start for the Minnesota Timberwolves after making the splash of the NBA offseason by trading a host of draft picks for Rudy Gobert.

The Karl-Anthony Towns-Rudy Gobert hasn't been that great to date, but will face one of the league's worst defenses in the Houston Rockets, can they get going on the second half of a back-to-back and get back to .500?

Here are the odds for Saturday's Western Conference mathchup:

Rockets vs. Timberwolves Odds, Spread and Total

Rockets vs. Timberwolves Prediction and Pick

The Timberwolves starting five has not gelled just yet, just look at these numbers courtesy of The Ringer's Raheem Palmer:

To make matters worse for the T'Wolves, Gobert entered Health & Safety Protocols on Saturday afternoon:

Maybe Minnesota can get back to last season's ways, but on the second half of a back-to-back I'm not so bullish on their chances.

The Rockets have their fair share of struggles with the league's worst effective field goal percentage, but I believe they can catch a dreary Timberwolves team sleeping and cover this big spread.

Despite having immense size in their go-to lineup, the Timberwolves are below the league average in rebounding rate and outside the top 20 in effective field goal percentage. Minnesota is 3-6 against the spread this season, still overvalued from their offseason transactions, so I'll take the 1-8 Rockets to hang around and cover the number.

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