Golden State Warriors vs Minnesota Timberwolves — Win Probability
FINAL
Golden State Warriors
19-19
116
VS
Minnesota Timberwolves
21-18
115
Model expected score: Golden State Warriors 107.6 – Minnesota Timberwolves 113.6 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
GS
Gary Payton IIDay-To-Day
Brandon WilliamsDay-To-Day
Will RichardOut
Kristaps PorzingisOut
Moses MoodyOut
Jimmy Butler IIIOut
MIN
Anthony EdwardsOut
Donte DiVincenzoOut
Prediction vs. Result
We keep every prediction permanently so we can always show our work.
PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Timberwolves 71%
ACTUAL RESULT
✕ Warriors won by 1
COMBINED SCORE
231
Margin of Victory — Minnesota Timberwolves (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost ← actual result
34%
Won by 1-3
8%
Won by 4-7
11%
Won by 8-14
19%
Won by 15-21
14%
Won by 21+
15%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 231.
O/U LINE 210
72% over ✓28% under
O/U LINE 220 MODEL'S PICK
52% over ✓48% under
O/U LINE 230
32% over ✓68% under
O/U LINE 240
16% over84% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
7% over93% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
2% over98% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
GS
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Stephen CurryPG
24.5
Jimmy ButlerSF
17.9
Andrew WigginsSF
17.6
Brandin PodziemskiSG
11.7
Buddy HieldSG
11.1
MIN
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).