We are only 68 days away from the regular season basketball from Minnesota Timberwolves! With the NBA that releases the schedule of each team on Thursday, it is now known that the opener of the wolves will take place on October 22. They are on their way to the Moda Center to compete against the Portland Trail Blazers.
While the Timberwolves ended up 13 games better than Portland in last season’s rankings, the blazers played much improved basketball after the All-Star break. From now on, Oddmakers expect the game to be a narrow affair with the Wolves that are -2.5 -point favorites.
Timberwolves are mentioned as small favorites for season opener
With the schedule release of the NBA, sports books have been provided for spreads (as well as money lines and o/h) for some of the regular seasonal competitions, in particular the early. This includes the meeting of October 22 between the Timberwolves and Trail Blazers.
Minnesota is currently mentioned as 2.5 -point favorites above Portland on Draftings Sportsbook. Although they have two of their most successful seasons in the history of franchise, the Wolves have lost their last two season openers. Last season they lost seven of the Lakers, and to open the 2023-24 season, the Timberwolves fell to the Raptors with three. Both games were also on the road.
Distribution may seem disrespectful, but it’s fair
With the Timberwolves that reach the final of the conference and the trail blazers miss the play -offs, the spread may seem a bit disrespectful. However, the more you look, it seems fair.
The two teams met four times last season and split the four matchups. The home team won every time. The Wolves and Blazers returned on November 12 and 13 on Back-to-Back Days in Portland. Portland won those trips with 14 and eight. The games were not relatively close to Minnesota when the Timberwolves won the second game with 25 and 16 (even with Anthony Edwards).
Despite the end of 10 games below .500 at 36-46, the trail blazers had a winning record at home (22-19). Even with their losing general record, they exceeded far than the expectations that were put on the season.
Portland also traded for two-time NBA champion (albeit a parent), Jrue Holiday. Although at first glance the Timberwolves that are favored by only 2.5 points, they seem disrespectful, it must be seen as an honest spread that Minnesota sees as the talented team they are. It. Would be a solid victory for the wolves to start the season if they prevail.
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