The No. 3-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves host the No. 5-seeded Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Western Conference Finals. Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET from the Target Center.

Minnesota is a 4.5-point favorite and the over/under for total points scored is 207 in the latest odds from the SportsLine consensus for Mavericks vs. Timberwolves (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). Before you make any Timberwolves vs. Mavericks picks, you NEED to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.

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