The 16-17 Minnesota Timberwolves will hit the highway to face the 15-23 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Dallas is scheduled for 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The current NBA odds in this game have the home club Dallas Mavericks favored by -7 points with an over under line of 197 points. There has been no line movement in this game since the odds opened up a few hours ago.

The teams met twice this season with the Timberwolves winning and covering the spread in each game at home and on the road. Trend: Minnesota Timberwolves are 0-3 ATS in their past three games.

Minnesota is 6-12 straight up on the road on the season. This is their fourth game of a five game road trip. They have lost three straight all during this trip and by double digits. Minnesota is coming off the 106-88 road defeat on Sunday to the San Antonio Spurs as a +12 ½ point underdog. The total landed under 199 points. The team is playing without Kevin Love who broke his right hand and could be out at least two months. The Timerwolves needs Love’s offense as he club has averaged just 88 points in their past three games. In the loss on Sunday the team shot just 37% in defeat.

The Mavericks are 9-7 on their home court. Dallas has won two straight. They are coming off the 104-83 home win on Saturday to the Memphis Grizzlies as a +1 point underdog. The total landed right at the closing number of 187 points. It was the second game in the row that Dallas scored over 100 points. They shot nearly 49% from the field against the second ranked scoring defense in the NBA. Dirk Nowitzki scored 17 points and pulled down six rebounds on 5 of 8 shooting. Nowitzki missed much of the season and is working his way into the shape and will play his 12th game of the year on Monday.