The Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder are set to square off in a battle of the top two teams in the Western Conference. The Minnesota Timberwolves are coming off a road loss in San Antonio, and are now 32-14 on the season. That is second in the Western Conference. The loss snapped their three game winning streak.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, they are coming off a tough loss on the road at the Detroit Pistons. The loss sends them to 32-14 on the season, also tied for the West with the Timberwolves. Oklahoma is 7-3 in their last 10 games.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are -2 over Minnesota. The total is listed at 226
Defensive Timberwolves
It was not a great loss on Saturday for the Timberwolves. Minnesota allowed 33 four quarter points and blew a 10 point lead.. The Timberwolves are allowing just over 107 points per game. Minnesota on the offensive side has not been super. The Timberwolves are scoring just 113.1 points per game. The defense let them down on Saturday, allowing 113.
Anthony Edwards is the main man in the Minnesota offense. The guard is scoring more than 25 points per game. Karl Anthony Towns is second for Minnesota with 22.6 per game, while Rudy Gobert is having a nice season with 13.3 points and 12.6 rebounds per game. Edwards was the leader in the loss, with 32 points and 12 rebounds. Towns added 19.
Minnesota will host Dallas on Monday to start a three game home stand. After the Mavericks leave down, the Magic and Rockets come to Minneapolis. The next road game will be on February 6th in Chicago.
Point Guard Having Monster Season
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is having a Most Valuable Player type season for the Thunder. The point guard is scoring 31.1 points per game, dishing out 6.4 assists per game, and has more than 5.5 rebounds per game. In the recent win over the Pelicans, he scored 31 points to lead the way.
Chet Holmgren has been tough for the Thunder this season as well. Holmgren had 20 points and 13 rebounds in a recent win. In the loss on Sunday, he scored just 9 points. The Thunder aer 17-5 at home this season, and scoring more than 121 points per game. Oklahoma City is 20-10- when playing against teams from the Western Conference.
Oklahoma City will remain at home for three more games after this. The Denver Nuggets come to town on Wednesday, before visits from Charlotte and Toronto. The next road game for the Thunder will take place on February 6th at the Jazz.
Thriller in Oklahoma City
What a game this should be. No one would have ever predicted that it would be the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder at the top of the Western Conference standings at this point in the season. . This will be a fun one. When push comes to shove though, we are going to take the Oklahoma City Thunder at home.
These two teams will meet again. In this one, the home team gets the best of them. Our final bet for this game is the Oklahoma City Thunder -2 over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Enjoy the game!
