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Sacramento Kings vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction 10-24-24 NBA Picks

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Evan Walker

Minnesota Timberwolves (0-1) vs. Sacramento Kings (0-0)
October 24, 2024 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Sacramento Kings +1; Over/Under: +227.5
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The Sacramento Kings play host to the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Golden 1 Center on Thursday night. Here’s a Sacramento Kings vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction. This article will include a Sacramento Kings vs Minnesota Timberwolves Pick.

Minnesota Timberwolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves will be hoping to bounce back in this one after coming up just short of the Lakers in a 110-103 road loss on Tuesday. Anthony Edwards led the team with 27 points on 10 of 25 shooting, the newly acquired Julius Randle added 16 points with nine rebounds and four assists while Rudy Gobert tallied 13 points with 14 rebounds. As a team, the Grizzlies shot just 41 percent from the field and 13 of 41 from the 3-point line as they struggled early and had to work hard to cut a 19-point deficit to just four points in the fourth quarter before the Lakers slipped away. The Wolves will face the Raptors, Mavs, and Nuggets following this one.

Sacramento Kings

Meanwhile, the Sacramento Kings have their sights set on taking another leap after tallying 46 wins last season. You just felt that some moves needed to be made and we saw plenty of that as the Kings shipped away Harrison Barnes, Chris Duarte, and Davion Mitchell, while acquiring a group of players highlighted by DeMar DeRozan. De’Aaron Fox is coming off a career year where he averaged 26.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game while Domantas Sabonis was a nightly triple-double threat who averaged 19.4 points and 13.7 rebounds per game. The Kings have been trending up for a while now, but with the addition of DeRozan, I expect them to make plenty of noise in the playoffs.

Why the Minnesota Timberwolves will win

The Timberwolves have won each of their last nine games as road favorites following a loss.
The Kings have lost nine of their last 10 home openers.
The Timberwolves have covered the spread in each of their last seven games as road favorites following a loss.
The Kings have failed to cover the spread in each of their last seven Thursday games.

Total Points Facts

Eight of the Kings’ last nine games as underdogs have gone UNDER the total points line.
Each of the Timberwolves’ last four games as favorites against the Kings have gone OVER the total points line.

Sacramento Kings vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction

I really like the addition of DeRozan to the young Kings’ lineup as he provides plenty of experience and is a clear go-to player in clutch situations. You could almost say the same about the Timberwolves who look better with the newly acquired Julius Randle. It is always hard to pick these early games in the season when one team hasn’t played yet, but I really like what I saw from the Timberwolves. Yes, the Timberwolves lost, but they were down 19 points at one point and could’ve easily rolled over, so I think they come out swinging in this one. This should be a close one, but even with the Kings playing at home, I like the Timberwolves to bounce back with a narrow win on the road.