The 2024-25 NBA regular season is set to get underway, and the Los Angeles Lakers host Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Minnesota went 56-26 last season and secured the No. 3 seed. The Wolves made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals before falling to the Dallas Mavericks. Meanwhile, Los Angeles went 47-35 during the regular season. That was good for the seventh seed, but the Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Tipoff from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles is set for 10 p.m. ET. The SportsLine consensus lists Minnesota as the 1.5-point favorite in the latest Timberwolves vs. Lakers odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 220.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

Before making any Timberwolves vs. Lakers picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NBA expert Matt Severance is on. 

Severance is a well-connected writer and high-volume handicapper who has worked in the industry since 2005. Over the past three NBA seasons, Matt has returned $4,452. Furthermore, Severance is on a 48-16 roll (+1758) on his last 64 picks involving the Lakers! Anyone who has followed his picks is way up.

Now, Severance has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Timberwolves vs. Lakers.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Timberwolves vs. Lakers on Opening Night, and what x-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Timberwolves-Lakers spread hits HARD, all from the expert who is an AMAZING 48-16 on picks involving the Lakers!