What are Sportsbooks Thinking with These Timberwolves vs Lakers Betting Lines…?

NBA: Preseason-Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers
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The Minnesota Timberwolves will play the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, in the opener of the NBA basketball season. The game will be nationally televised on TNT, as part of an opening night two-game feature, something they do every season… but not a night of festivities the Wolves are normally involved in.

But that’s not the case anymore, not with Anthony Edwards in Minnesota, one season removed from a run to the Western Conference Finals. This year, you will see the Wolves play tonight, and again on Christmas, etc. If it’s a marquee day of matchups for the NBA, you can expect the Timberwolves to be involved.

Oddsmakers doubting the Minnesota Timberwolves vs Los Angeles Lakers

The Wolves have the 2nd best odds to win the Western Conference, as of today (+500). Their opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers have the 7th best odd (+1800). But tonight, even though both teams are fully stocked, oddsmakers have Wolves vs Lakers as pretty much a pick-em. Well, not anymore.

SportsbookCurrent Odds11 AM Tuesday
FanDuelTimberwolves (-1)Lakers (-1)
DraftKingsTimberwolves (-1)Timberwolves (-1)
ESPN BetTimberwolves (-1.5)Timberwolves (-1.5)
Last updated at 1:15 PM

As of 1:15 PM, Minnesota is a -1 point favorite at all major sportsbooks. ESPN Bet has them as 1.5 point favorites, a number that has held for days. The same cannot be said at FanDuel, where you could get the Timberwolves as +1 point underdogs this morning. Yes, underdogs. I actually snuck that one in (oh good for me).

No way the Lakers beat the Wolves… right?

Let’s put aside the fact that this line has been so fluid throughout the day, Tuesday. This is either a trap game, or the easiest money that Minnesota Timberwolves fans will make all year. If Anthony Edwards and the new-look Wolves walk into crypto.com Arena tonight and lay an egg vs the Lakers… I will worry about the rest of this season.

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Remember, the Lakers have a new head coach and plan on playing Bronny James off the bench. I just cannot imagine a legitimate reality where an aging Lebron James, JJ Redick and the Lakers outduel Chris Finch, Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight. But I have been wrong before so don’t listen to me. This article is not betting advice.

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