Third win of the season for the Timberwolves against LA?
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers face off in the West on 03/17/2022. The home side have won two of the three duels so far this season and the victories have come in emphatic fashion on each occasion, while the only defeat in the most recent meeting was a narrow one.
Minnesota Timberwolves – Statistics & current form
The Timberwolves have been very stable recently – they have won eight of their last ten league games. The offense is particularly strong: only seven teams in the NBA score more points on 100 possessions. Karl-Anthony Towns deserves special mention here.
The center is averaging 24.8 points and just under ten boards per game this season and turned it up a notch in March. His stats this month even amount to 28.9 points and twelve rebounds per game.
He also scores better at home than away, as can be seen from the fact that his output in home games is almost two points higher than in away games.
He has only played against the Lakers in two of the three encounters so far this season: But even in those games the First Pick of 2015 convinced with an average of 28.5 points!
Due to the current lack of form of Anthony Edwards, who does not look fit, it depends on him in the game forward these days and this task he is best suited
LA Lakers – statistics & current form
The Vogel squad must continue to fear for participation in the postseason. Currently, only the ninth place in the Western Conference is taken. Furthermore, Anthony Davis is still missing and thus the congenial partner of LeBron James.
“The Chosen One” is therefore still more or less on his own and this is obviously not enough: The West Coast hoopsters have only won two of their past ten league games.
Both victories were only possible because LBJ scored at least 50 points in these games. Exceptional performances that, of course, even one of the greatest “ballers” in the history of the sport can’t deliver non-stop.
Minnesota Timberwolves – LA Lakers Tip
For the duel between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers, the forecast includes a home win with at least nine points of advantage. The guests are still shaky on the road and the home side can rely on their currently top-performing center Towns.
Towns confirmed his great form in the last game against San Antonio with 60 points! Not only did he set a new franchise record, but he also scored the most points in a single game so far this season.
However, since last night he has to share the latter record with Kyrie Irving, who scored as many points for the Nets against Orlando. On the side, however, Towns also delivered 17 rebounds in last night’s duel with the Spurs!
The last time Shaquille O’Neal scored more in both areas in a league game was almost exactly 22 years ago. The prediction is also supported by the fact that the hosts have already won their two previous games against LA by a margin of at least 18 points each.
