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Will the Timberwolves beat the Warriors?

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Timberwolves win chance

78%

Typical margin: Timberwolves by 10.5

Warriors 22%Timberwolves 78%

In short

  • Our ratings favor the Timberwolves by 7.9 points, home court included
  • Injuries tilt it toward the Timberwolves by 3.3 points

Why this number

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Every step from a coin flip to our number, in the order our model adds them.

  1. An even game50%Every game starts as a coin flip.
  2. Home court+1161%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Timberwolves.
  3. See how far every step moved our number.
  4. Our numberTimberwolves 78%

Each step is that piece's share of the model, so the steps add up to the number we published.

The range

In 9 of 10 simulations, the result lands between Warriors by 12 and Timberwolves by 33.

← Warriors winTimberwolves win →

What if he's out?

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Switch a player off and we rerun the game without him.

Timberwolves win chance

78%

Everyone plays
Warriors 22%Timberwolves 78%
  • Top scorerWarriors
  • Top scorerTimberwolves

In our model a star out costs his team 4.5 points, up to 9 for a whole roster.

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Injury report

Warriors

  • Jimmy Butler IIIOut
  • Moses MoodyOut
  • Gui SantosDay-To-Day
  • Brandin PodziemskiDay-To-Day
  • Gary Payton IIDay-To-Day
  • Georges NiangDay-To-Day
  • De'Anthony MeltonDay-To-Day
  • Yaxel LendeborgDay-To-Day

Timberwolves

  • Donte DiVincenzoOut
Our method
  • We simulate the final margin 40,000 times from our team ratings (Elo, fitted walk-forward) and the ESPN injury report.
  • The win chance is the share of those simulations each team wins.
  • Model v1.2.0, updated Oct 9.
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