There's not a lot of action in the NBA tonight with just three games on card. One involves the Timberwolves who head to the Chicago Bulls.

Points Spread Chicago -5.5

Chicago has an appalling record at home at 12-15, they 9-18 against the spread at home. The Timberwolves are 8-18 on the road.

Minnesota at (24-31) is losing its chance at the final playoff spot in the Western Conference - poor for a team that won 58 games a couple years ago and were top in the conference.

Minnesota started well this year but have let it slip. It could be the trade with Boston - that involved Wally Szczerbiak and Michael Olowokandi for Ricky Davis, Marc Blount and Marcus Banks - that could be partly to blame. It worked well to begin with as they went 2-1 but they've let it go to 3-10 since.

Chicago also has a 24-31 record well down on there target after winning 47 games last year and a visit to the playoffs. A lot of the Bulls problems may have arisen from trades again.

These teams have met this season already, a 99-93 home win for Minnesota. This is the only chance to even it up for Chicago - as it's their final meeting.

Two teams with similar records, similar problems, that could end up with similar scores tonight