Minnesota vs Golden State Prediction: the Warriors to Win Only Rebounding Battle

Golden State has already lost to Toronto, one of the worst this season. Now, Steve Kerr's team has less than 50% of wins, and they have to face Minnesota. Do the Warriors have no chance of success here at all? We've got a prediction, stats, and a bunch of bets on this game.

Minnesota

As the season goes on, the Timberwolves are getting better and better, and they're starting to show what they can really do. Chris Finch's team has won four out of the last five matches. The only defeat in that stretch was a close one. At home, Minnesota lost by just two points to Memphis (125:127), who are currently top of the championship. They also had a good home record, beating the Clippers (108:106), and outplayed New Orleans (104:97), Orlando (104:89), and Washington (120:106).

Most importantly, Minnesota's defense started to get on track towards the end of the first half of the regular season, which let them reach the Western Conference Finals last season. The Timberwolves are now fourth in terms of efficiency rating, conceding just 107.6 points on average. Right now, they're eighth in the Western Conference standings. The balance is 21-18. The gap from the top 6 is only 0.5 wins.

Golden State

The Warriors, on the other hand, have fallen behind the 50% win mark. After a great start, Steve Kerr's team began failing a lot more matches than they were winning. By the end of the first half of the regular season they hadn't got their game back. And the team isn't exactly helped by Dennis Schröder, a world champion on the German national team, who they traded from Brooklyn.

Last game, Golden State lost 101:104 away to Toronto, one of this season's main outsiders. The Warriors couldn't count on Draymond Green, but all the other key players, including Steph Curry, were on the court. With a 19-20 record, they're currently sitting in 11th place in the Western Conference.

H2H Meetings

The opponents have already played three face-to-face meetings in this championship, with Golden State winning two of them.

Stats Betting

• Minnesota has won five out of seven previous face-to-face meetings against Golden State, so we're going to stick with them. The bet is W1 at odds of 1.428 at 1xbet.
• In four of the last six H2H matches, the total points scored was 214, so we're going to bet on TO (214.5) at odds of 1.747 at 1xbet.
• In five out of seven previous away games, Golden State didn't score more than 104 points. We bet on IT2U (104.5) at odds of 1.90 at 1xbet.
• In seven of the last ten home games, Minnesota scored no more than 110 points. The bet is IT1U (111.5) at odds of 1.90 at 1xbet.

Expert Betting Tips

Minnesota's in fourth place in the defensive rating, but Golden State's also in the top-10 in defense today – they're tied with Philadelphia for eighth. We're going for low scoring in the upcoming match and backing Minnesota to win. It's hard to say how the Warriors can perform now, even if Toronto is becoming an insurmountable obstacle for them. On the flip side, when it comes to rebounding, we're putting our money on Golden State.

Prediction:
TU (217.5) for 1.77

H1 (-6.5) for 1.91

Rebounds H2 (+1.5) for 1.85