[6:00 PM] Timberwolves @ Thunder

Who will WIN this matchup?

Minnesota Timberwolves (1-3)

@ Oklahoma City Thunder (4-1)

 

Current odds:

Minnesota Timberwolves: (+199)

Oklahoma City Thunder: (-222)

 

• ESPN simulations have Oklahoma City as 82.3% favorites to win the game.

• 76% of sports bets are currently on Oklahoma City to win as (-222) favorites.

• Westbrook set the NBA on fire in the first week and averaged 37.8 points while notching a pair of triple-doubles in the first four games before slumping to 20 points on 4-of-15 shooting on the second night of a back-to-back in the 122-96 loss to Golden State.

• The Timberwolves seemed to put all their talent together on both ends of the floor in a 116-80 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday but fell back into bad habits in a 102-99 home loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday.

• Minnesota had four starters age 22 or younger in the last two games, with 22-year-old point guard Kris Dunn the lone rookie of the bunch, and could not find the same fire in the third quarter that carried the team to a lead in the first half on Thursday – a habit that first surfaced in losses in the first two games.

• One of the positives coming out of the first loss was the play of guard Victor Oladipo, who scored 21 points on a season-best 8-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range.

• The Thunder took three of the four meetings last season, but Minnesota won its last visit to Oklahoma 99-96 on March 11.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Oklahoma City Thunder

Confidence: 6/10

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