Minnesota Timberwolves vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction: who will be able to take the lead?

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on December 14. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Minnesota Timberwolves

The Timberwolves finished last season as the best defense in the NBA and plan to at least get close to the leadership in this indicator and in the current championship. At the moment, Minnesota is already the fourth-best passing defense, allowing opponents to score only 107.0 points per game on average.

Minnesota lost the previous game on the road to Golden State (106:114), but before that they won four straight - twice over the Los Angeles Clippers (93:92 at home and 108:80 away), at home over the Lakers (109:80) and away over the same Golden State Warriors (107:90). In total, Chris Finch's team currently has 12 wins in 23 championship games. So far, the Wolves are only 10th in the Western Conference, but judging by the momentum they've gained, they'll climb higher very soon..

Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James will not reach his goal of playing all 82 games in the regular season. The leader of the Los Angeles Lakers missed his team's previous game against Portland, which, however, did not prevent the Lakers from winning 107:98. Anthony Davis scored 30 points and 11 rebounds, and D'Angelo Russell finished the game with 28 points for efficiency.

The Lakers thus snapped a streak of three straight losses, picked up just their third win in a stretch of the last ten games, but are still in the play-in zone of the West. The team is ninth in the conference with a 13-11 overall record.

Expert Betting Tips

Minnesota is looking more and more like the same team from the previous championship, when the Timberwolves were a team with an impenetrable defense and eventually made it to the Western Conference Finals. We believe that in the next game against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team will continue to progress and will win in their typical low-scoring game. The Lakers are far from doing well this season.