Bulls try to continue strong play at Minnesota

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12/26/2006 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bulls are on a roll and will visit the Minnesota Timberwolves this evening at the Target Center.

Chicago is just two games behind Detroit for the lead in the Central Division and has won 13 of its last 15 games overall. On Saturday the Bulls posted a 115-76 triumph over the Charlotte Bobcats at the United Center.

Ben Gordon poured in 23 points and Andres Nocioni had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who rebounded from a 103-92 loss to the New York Knicks on Friday. Thabo Sefolosha and Tyrus Thomas each scored 14 points, while Sefolosha grabbed nine rebounds for Chicago.

The Bulls will try to improve on their 4-9 mark away from Chicago this season.

Meanwhile, Minnesota stopped a four-game losing streak by notching a 78-71 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Kevin Garnett scored 29 points and pulled down 19 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves. Randy Foye was the only other Timberwolves player to register double figures in any offensive category, finishing with 10 points and five rebounds.

Minnesota, which is 6-5 at home this season, is seven games off the lead in the Northwest Division. It is also 1-0 against Chicago this season after a 91-81 victory on December 9 at the United Center.

The Timberwolves have won two of three, 12 of 15 and 13 of the last 17 matchups in the series.

Chicago has dropped seven of its last eight trips to Minnesota.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.