The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The game, the first of the 2022-23 season for both teams, starts at 5:00 PM ET on BSOK and BSN.
The Timberwolves enter their game against the Thunder as double-digit favorites. The Timberwolves are favored by 10.5 points. The over/under for the game is 225.
Timberwolves vs. Thunder Betting Odds
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- Spread: Minnesota -10.5
- Total: 225
- Moneyline: Minnesota -567, Oklahoma City +424
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Thunder at Timberwolves odds, spread, & more
Prediction
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 10.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (225)
- Prediction:
Timberwolves 119 – Thunder 103
Moneyline
- Minnesota was favored on the moneyline 45 total times last season. It finished 33-12 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -567 or shorter last year, Minnesota finished with a record of 5-1 (83.3%).
- The implied moneyline probability for this matchup gives Minnesota an 85.0% chance to win.
- Last season, Oklahoma City was the underdog 79 times and won 22, or 27.8%, of those games.
- Oklahoma City had a record of 4-25, a 13.8% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +424 or more by bookmakers last season.
- The implied probability of a win by Oklahoma City, based on the moneyline, is 19.1%.
Against the spread
- Last year, the 115.9 points per game the Timberwolves averaged were only 4.1 more points than the Thunder gave up (111.8).
- Minnesota went 33-16-1 against the spread and 36-14 overall last season when scoring more than 111.8 points.
- When Oklahoma City gave up fewer than 115.9 points last season, it went 39-11-4 against the spread and 21-33 overall.
- The Thunder put up an average of 103.7 points per game last year, 9.6 fewer points than the 113.3 the Timberwolves allowed to opponents.
- Oklahoma City put together a 15-3 ATS record and an 11-7 overall record last season in games it scored more than 113.3 points.
- Minnesota went 14-5-1 against the spread and 16-4 overall last season when it gave up fewer than 103.7 points.
- Last season, the Timberwolves were the NBA’s highest-scoring offense (115.9 PPG), while the Thunder ranked 15th in defensive points per game (111.8) in the league.
- Oklahoma City’s squad was the lowest-scoring team (103.7 PPG) in the NBA a season ago, while Minnesota ranked 24th in terms of allowing points per game (113.3).
- The Timberwolves out-scored their opponents by a total of 216 points last season (2.6 points per game on average), and opponents of the Thunder out-scored them by 664 more points on the year (8.1 per game).
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Over/Under
- Minnesota’s average implied point total last season was 1.9 fewer points than its implied total in Wednesday’s game (116.1 implied points on average compared to 118 implied points in this game).
- Last season, Minnesota recorded more than 118 points in 36 games.
- The 112.8-point average implied total last season for Oklahoma City is 5.8 more points than the team’s 107-point implied total in this matchup.
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How to watch Timberwolves vs. Thunder
- Game Day: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
- Game Time: 5:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: BSOK and BSN
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Arena: Target Center
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