T.M. Selection: TIMBERWOLVES.

I'm expecting a "closer than most expect" battle here between these teams. Yes, Oklahoma City hung on to win yesterday's game by 7 at Minnesota and now have the edge of this game being at OKC. However, the Thunder shot ridiculously well from deep in the game Sunday. They made 19 of 35 three pointers. If they hit a normal rate of three pointers they would not have even won the game. Minnesota will likely still be down a couple players here but they will be even more determined here after a rather tight loss yesterday. The Thunder are on a roll but B2B spots are not easy to simply come in and blowout a team. This is particularly true when facing the same team in that B2B spot as well as facing a team that pushed you to the limit and whom arguably should have won the prior game. The Timberwolves will not be daunted by facing the the Thunder team again here and are hungry for revenge after last night's 3-point shooting clinic by OKC. You will see a different level of effort from the Wolves in the rematch. Grab the big points here as this one likely decided by only a bucket or two!

T.M. Prediction: 115-111 Oklahoma City.