The NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves vs OKC Thunder will take place at the Target Center (Minneapolis) on Wednesday, October 19 at 8:00 PM ET (October 20 at 5:30 AM IST).
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At the Target Center on Wednesday, Oklahoma City and Minnesota will play their first NBA game at 8:00 p.m. EST. The Thunder improved by two victories over the previous season, although they still had the second-worst record (24-58) in the Western Conference. The seventh-seeded Timberwolves (46-36) of the West were defeated by Memphis in the opening round of the playoffs. Minnesota nearly swept the season series between the rival Northwest Division teams last year, falling two points short ATS.
Oklahoma City had a terrible 2021–22 season, finishing with the fourth worst record in the NBA, winning only four of their final 20 games, with the final three being routs by scores of 19 or more. They had a third-worst average point differential of -8.1 and a league-low 103.7 points scored per game. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a point guard, had a team-best average of 24.5 points per game, but in the four games versus Minnesota last season, he only averaged 18 points per game, scoring a season-low eight in their last encounter in March.
Minnesota experienced a dramatic turnaround, winning 23 more games than the previous season, and making the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season. They finished the regular season with a 15-6 record and an overall ATS record of 42-38-2. The 116 points per game this team averaged previous season, paced by Karl Anthony Towns’ 24.6 per game and 9.8 rebounds, was an NBA record. Anthony Edwards, a former first-round pick, improved in his sophomore season by averaging 21.3 points per game.
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Minnesota Timberwolves: D’Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert
OKC Thunder: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey, Lu Dort, Aleksej Pokusevski, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
Minnesota Timberwolves: Eric Paschall
OKC Thunder: Chet Holmgren
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 15.10.22 | Brooklyn Nets | 102-112 | Loss |
| 13.10.22 | Los Angeles Lakers | 113-118 | Win |
| 10.10.22 | Los Angeles Clippers | 117-119 | Win |
| 07.10.22 | Los Angeles Lakers | 99-114 | Win |
| 05.10.22 | Miami Heat | 111-121 | Win |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 14.10.22 | San Antonio Spurs | 112-118 | Win |
| 12.10.22 | Detroit Pistons | 99-115 | Win |
| 10.10.22 | Maccabi Raanana | 144-97 | Win |
| 07.10.22 | Adelaide 36ers | 131-98 | Win |
| 06.10.22 | Dallas Mavericks | 96-98 | Loss |
| Date | Match | Score | Winner |
| 10.03.22 | Timberwolves Thunder | 132 102 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 05.03.22 | Timberwolves Thunder | 138 101 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 08.01.22 | Timberwolves Thunder | 135 105 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 06.01.22 | Timberwolves Thunder | 98 90 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 23.03.21 | Timberwolves Thunder | 103 112 | OKC Thunder |
The NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves vs OKC Thunder will take place at the Target Center (Minneapolis) on Wednesday, October 19 at 8:00 PM ET (October 20 at 5:30 AM IST).
The match will be telecasted live on Bally Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports North, and Fox Sports North in the United States.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports North, and Fox Sports North | October 19 (8:00 PM ET) |
Minnesota Timberwolves
When the odds are 1.18 the expected chance of winning is 85%, but this team actually wins 69% matches with these odds.
OKC Thunder
When the odds are 5.25 the expected chance of winning is 19%, but this team actually wins 15% matches with these odds.
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