On Friday night, a game between two Western Conference teams is going to happen - Oklahoma City Thunder versus Minnesota Timberwolves. After 28 games played, the Thunder have 11 wins and 17 losses which gives them the 13th position in the standings while Minnesota has 13 wins, 15 losses and the 11th place. In this game, I'm picking the Thunder to cover the spread.

The Thunder have lost the last 4 games in a row but in the last 3 games, the margin has been very small. In Cleveland, they lost just by 8 points, at Dallas the loss was just by 7 points and they lost to Miami in the last seconds by 2 points. Their home record is 6 wins and 6 losses but some losses were also by small margins like the previously mentioned game against Miami, 5 points against Denver, and 4 points against Milwaukee in 2nd overtime. As a home team, the Thunder have covered the spread in 7 games out of 12.

Minnesota is not having the best time of the year as well. In the last 10 games, they have just 3 wins but 2 of them were on the home floor. Out of the last 6 games away from home, they have 5 losses and only 1 was with less than 6 points. As an away team, the Timberwolves have covered the spread in just 5 games out of 14. The recent poor performance is because Karl Anthony-Towns isn't playing and tonight Rudy Gobert won't be available as well while D'Angelo Russell is questionable.

Although the Thunder is just the 13th-best team in the NBA, they have covered the spread in 61% of the games this season and that is the 4th-best result in the league! It is a way worse situation for the Timberwolves as they have covered the spread in just 36% of the games and that is the 3rd-worst result. In the last 8 games, Oklahoma City has covered the spread 6 times but Minnesota in the last 10 - only 3 times.

This season teams have met already 3 times. Minnesota won the first 2 battles but the Thunder claim a victory a few weeks ago. It is important to notice that Towns wasn't playing in the last meeting and Gobert left the court after a few minutes. Guarding big guys has been an issue for the Thunder but it won't be tonight. Minnesota's roster looks very bad. Without Russell, there's just Anthony Edwards who can score. The Thunder are hungry to end the losing streak and that's why I'm confident about their victory.

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周五晚上，两支西部球队将进行一场比赛——俄克拉荷马雷霆对阵明尼苏达森林狼。在经过28场比赛后，雷霆队取得了11胜17负的成绩，排名第13位，而森林狼队取得了13胜15负的成绩，排名第11位。在这场比赛中，我选择雷霆来弥补差距。

雷霆已经连续输掉了4场比赛，但在最近的3场比赛中，他们的差距非常小。在克利夫兰，他们只输了8分，在达拉斯，他们只输了7分，他们在最后时刻输给了热火2分。他们的主场战绩是6胜6负，但也有一些失利是小比分的，比如之前提到的对迈阿密的比赛，对掘金的5分，对密尔沃基的第二场加时赛4分。作为主场球队，雷霆队在12场比赛中有7场取得胜利。

明尼苏达州也没有度过一年中最好的时光。在过去的10场比赛中，他们只赢了3场，其中2场是在主场。在最近6场客场比赛中，他们输了5场，只有1场积分低于6分。作为一支客场球队，森林狼在14场比赛中只赢了5场。最近的糟糕表现是因为卡尔·安东尼-唐斯没有上场，今晚鲁迪·戈贝尔也不会上场，而德安吉洛·拉塞尔也有问题。

虽然雷霆只是NBA排名第13位的球队，但他们本赛季61%的比赛都在赔钱，这是联盟第4好的结果!对于森林狼来说，这是一个更糟糕的情况，因为他们只在36%的比赛中覆盖了差距，这是第三糟糕的结果。在过去的8场比赛中，雷霆队有6次突破，而森林狼队在过去的10场比赛中只有3次。

本赛季两队已经交锋3次。森林狼赢得了前两场比赛，但雷霆在几周前也取得了胜利。值得注意的是，唐斯在最后一次会议上没有上场，戈贝尔在几分钟后就离开了球场。对雷霆来说，防守大个子一直是个问题，但今晚不会。森林狼的阵容看起来很糟糕。没有拉塞尔，只有安东尼·爱德华兹可以得分。雷霆渴望结束连败，这就是为什么我对他们的胜利充满信心。