The Minnesota Timberwolves will open their 2022-23 season against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET.
The Timberwolves are a double-digit favorite against the Thunder when the Timberwolves and the Thunder meet. The Timberwolves are favored by 10.5 points. The over/under for the matchup is set at 229.
Timberwolves vs. Thunder Betting Odds
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- Spread: Minnesota -10.5
- Total: 229
- Moneyline: Minnesota -567, Oklahoma City +416
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Thunder at Timberwolves odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (- 10.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (229)
- Prediction:
Timberwolves 119 – Thunder 103
- Minnesota went 33-12 in games it was listed as the moneyline favorite last season (winning 73.3% of those games).
- In games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -567 or shorter last year, Minnesota finished with a record of 5-1 (83.3%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Minnesota’s implied win probability is 85.0%.
- Oklahoma City was underdogs 79 times last season and won 22, or 27.8%, of those games.
- Oklahoma City had a record of 4-27, a 12.9% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +416 or more by bookmakers last season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 19.4% chance of a victory for Oklahoma City.
- Last year, the 115.9 points per game the Timberwolves put up were only 4.1 more points than the Thunder gave up (111.8).
- When Minnesota put up more than 111.8 points last season, it went 33-16-1 against the spread and 36-14 overall.
- Oklahoma City went 39-11-4 against the spread and 21-33 overall last season when giving up fewer than 115.9 points.
- The Thunder put up 9.6 fewer points per game last year (103.7) than the Timberwolves allowed their opponents to score (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 went 14-5-1 against the spread and 16-4 overall last season when it allowed 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 play.
- The lowest-scoring NBA team was Oklahoma City a season ago (103.7 PPG), while the Minnesota squad was the 24th-ranked defense (113.3 PPG) in the league.
- 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).