{"id":4956,"date":"2023-01-06T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/clippers-vs-timberwolves-nba-game-preview-jan-6-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T07:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T07:08:23","slug":"clippers-vs-timberwolves-nba-game-preview-jan-6-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/clippers-vs-timberwolves-nba-game-preview-jan-6-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers vs. Timberwolves &#8211; NBA Game Preview &#8211; Jan. 6, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Los Angeles Clippers (21-19, 6th in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (18-21, 11th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Minneapolis; Friday, 9:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">: Timberwolves -4.5<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Bottom line: Los Angeles moves to Minnesota to break their three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">The Timberwolves are 11-13 in the Western Conference games. Minnesota ranked him sixth in the Western Conference, where he scored 54.5 points per game in the paint led by Rudy Gobert, who averaged 10.2.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">The Clippers are 11-12 in Western Conference games. Los Angeles is his 8-3 record, with fewer turnovers than his opponents, and his average turnovers per game is 14.7.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">The teams will meet for the second time this season. The Clippers won his last matchup on December 15, 99-88, with Kawhi Leonard scoring his 19 points.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Top performer: Anthony Edwards has 24.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game for the Timberwolves. D&#8217;Angelo Russell is averaging 16.7 points and 5.3 assists over his last 10 games for Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Paul George is averaging 23.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game for the Clippers. Leonard is averaging 11.7 points and 4.0 rebounds over his last 10 games for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Last 10 games: Timberwolves: 4-6, averaging 115.7 points, 39.5 rebounds, 24.3 assists, 6.1 steals, 5.2 blocks, 50.5% shooting percentage. Opponents are scoring an average of 114.5 points per game.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Clippers: 4-6, averaging 113.4 points, 43.2 rebounds, 23.8 assists, 6.7 steals, 4.4 blocks, 46.6% shooting percentage. Opponents are scoring an average of 115.1 points.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Injuries: Timberwolves: Karl-Anthony Towns: out (calf), Bryn Forbes: days (shoulder), Nas Reid: days (back), Jordan McLaughlin: out (calf).<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Clippers: Nicholas Batum: Out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">The Associated Press produced this article using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiMGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZXNwbi5jb20vbmJhL3ByZXZpZXc_Z2FtZUlkPTQwMTQ2ODc0MtIBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Los Angeles Clippers (21-19, 6th in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (18-21, 11th in the Western Conference) Minneapolis; Friday, 9:00 p.m. ET :<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/401468742.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}