The Minnesota Timberwolves (1-1) are traveling to face the Oklahoma City Thunder (0-2) for a contest between Northwest Division foes at Paycom Center, tipping off at 5:00 PM ET on Sunday, October 23, 2022. It’s the 50th matchup between the clubs this season.
The Timberwolves are a 7-point favorite against the Thunder when the Timberwolves and the Thunder square off. The game’s over/under is set at 225.5.
Timberwolves vs. Thunder Betting Odds
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- Spread: Minnesota -7
- Total: 225.5
- Moneyline: Minnesota -283, Oklahoma City +228
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Timberwolves at Thunder odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 7)
- Pick OU:
Under (225.5)
- Prediction:
Timberwolves 116 – Thunder 106
- Minnesota finished 33-12 in games it was favored on the moneyline last season (winning 73.3% of those games).
- Minnesota had a record of 13-5 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -283 or shorter last year (72.2%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Minnesota has an implied win probability of 73.9%.
- Oklahoma City was underdogs 79 times last season and won 22, or 27.8%, of those games.
- Oklahoma City had a record of 8-40, a 16.7% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +228 or more by bookmakers last season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 30.5% chance of a victory for Oklahoma City.
- Last year, the Timberwolves scored 115.9 points per game, only 4.1 more points than the 111.8 the Thunder allowed.
- When Minnesota scored more than 111.8 points last season, it went 33-16-1 against the spread and 36-14 overall.
- 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 averaged 9.6 fewer points per game last year (103.7) than the Timberwolves gave up to opponents (113.3).
- Oklahoma City went 15-3 against the spread and 11-7 overall when it scored more than 113.3 points last season.
- Minnesota had an ATS record of 14-5-1 and a 16-4 record overall last season when its opponents scored fewer than 103.7 points.
- Last season, the Timberwolves were the league’s highest-scoring team (115.9 PPG), while the Thunder were the 15th-ranked defense in terms of points per game (111.8) in NBA action.
- 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).