Los Angeles Lakers – Minnesota Timberwolves Betting Tip, Prediction & Odds | NBA 19.04.2025
Fireworks are expected on Saturday as the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves begin their Western Conference 1st Round. Who takes the all-important Game 1 of this series?
The LA Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves meet on 19.04.2025, it will be the 5th time the two teams play each other this season. The game will be played at Crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles) with the visitors home team Lakers being slight favorites at 4/7 odds to grab a win.
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Los Angeles Lakers |
Sat, 19.04.2025, 22:00 |
Minnesota Timberwolves |
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4/7 |
13/1 |
6/4 |
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Expert Tip |
MIN Timberwolves +4.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app
Los Angeles vs Minnesota Timberwolves: Current situation
Entering the playoffs with home court advantage for the first time since 2012 must feel really good for the Lakers who have had an interesting year. The trade for Luka Doncic has obviously turned things upside down, putting the Lakers in a good spot for the next 10+ years. They head into their series against Minnesota as slight favorites, but they shouldn’t underestimate the young Timberwolves.
Anthony Edwards and co. have a lot to prove as they enter the postseason following a rather disappointing regular season. The team won less games than last year, but not all is lost just yet. They are slight underdogs vs the Lakers, but as we saw in last year’s run when they made it to the West Finals, we should think twice before writing this team off.
Los Angeles Lakers Stats & Form
LA had the luxury of being able to rest all of their players in the final game of the regular season as they had already wrapped up the 3rd seed. Dalton Knecht was the best player on the court for the Lakers scoring 27 points, including 5 threes. Bronny James Jr. also made an appearance and played 38 minutes, but finished with just 4 points.
Minnesota Timberwolves Stats & Form
Minnesota’s final day of the regular season saw them beat the lowly Utah Jazz 116-105, securing themselves the 6th seed. Anthony Edwards came out firing and finished with 43 points, including 7 threes made on a whopping 18 attempts. That is good news ahead of the series against the Lakers where he is expected to lead his team on offense.
Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves: Head-to-Head
The two teams split the 4 regular season meetings, all four games were marked by low scoring and the projected total of 216.5 points set for Saturday’s game was not cleared in either of them. It is worth mentioning that only one of those games was played after the Luka Doncic trade. The Lakers have the edge in home games vs the T’Wolves having won 4 of the last 5 at crypto.com Arena.
Los Angeles Lakers – Minnesota Timberwolves Odds
For a Lakers home victory on Saturday night you can get 4/7 odds. If you are backing the Timberwolves open the series with an upset on the road, odds of 6/4 are available.
The point total has been set at 216.5 points, with odds of 10/11 supporting either the over or the under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Betting Tip | Odds |
| Los Angeles Lakers -4.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
| Over 216.5 Total Points | 10/11 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves +4.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
Betting tip and prediction: Los Angeles Lakers – Minnesota Timberwolves (19.04.2025)
It’ll be youth vs experience for the most part in this series as Anthony Edwards tries to become the new face of the NBA. Beating LeBron James and Luka Doncic would be a good step in that direction, but do the Timberwolves have enough support around Ant Man? Rudy Gobert has been questioned a lot in recent times, but the French big man has elevated his game in the past 10 outings and has looked really solid on both ends. The Lakers have no big men to counter him down low, so it’ll be interesting to see how he does in this situation. Defense is what could decide this series in favor of the Timberwolves. Since March 1st they ranked 7th best in defensive efficiency, while during that same timeframe the Lakers were only 18th. Having Luka Doncic has it’s advantages, but nobody can deny he is a liability on defense at times and that’s exactly what the Timberwolves should look to exploit in Game 1. Minnesota has the upper hand in three-point defense, they ranked 7th best in opponent three point percentage allowing 35.3% of shots to go in. They were also 5th in opponent rebounds per game, while the Lakers finished the regular season ranked 10th. Winning at crypto.com has been a difficult task for the T’Wovles, they’ve done so only once in 5 visits. The Lakers were one of the best home teams in the league with a 31-10 SU record, however with 8 wins in their last 10 road games the Timberwolves have every right to hope for a positive result in one of these first two games. We are backing Minnesota to cover the spread in Game 1.
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Expert Tip |
MIN Timberwolves +4.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app
- Odds are announced early
- Match predictions are reliable
- Neat and functional mobile app