The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers for an opening-night banger in the NBA.
The pregame narrative: The NBA season is officially here and I have a three-leg parlay made up of player props on Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards and Mike Conley.
Check out my Timberwolves vs. Lakers SGP picks for the opening night of the NBA on Oct. 22.
Timberwolves vs. Lakers picks
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Parlay: Davis over 25.5 points + Edwards over 2.5 threes + Conley over 5.5 assists (+510)
Davis over 25.5 points (-150): The Timberwolves are a strong defensive team but Davis has owned them lately.
The big man cleared this line in five straight meetings against Minnesota in which he played more than 20 minutes.
In that span, he averaged 33.4 points per game. Rudy Gobert is an elite rim protector but it’s clear he can’t keep up with the guard-like footwork of Davis.
Minnesota only got smaller after trading away seven-foot Karl-Anthony Towns for 6-foot-8 Julius Randle. Expect Davis to feast on the interior.
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Edwards over 2.5 threes (-155): The recent trade of Towns made one thing clear – this is Edwards’ team.
And at the forefront of his offensive game is his 3-point shooting. He hit 2.4 threes a game last season at a 35.7% clip.
Towns turned himself into one of the better shooting big men we’ve seen in the NBA. He shot 5.3 3-pointers per game last year and understandably so as he sunk them at over a 40% rate.
The trade opens up a lot of shots on the perimeter and Edwards is Minnesota’s top option.
Chris Finch will draw up more plays for Edwards beyond the arc this season and his efficiency should improve going into his fifth NBA season.
Conley over 5.5 assists (-113): Conley has stepped away from a scoring role and into an old-school point guard role … and he’s really good at it.
The veteran averaged 5.7 assists per game last year and ranked seventh in the league with a 4.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Additionally, Conley has dished out six or more assists in five of his last six games against the Lakers. Last season, L.A. allowed the sixth most assists to point guards per game (9.2).
Picks made at 2:04 p.m. on 10/20/24.
Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.