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Timberwolves/Lakers Game 2: Betting the Underdogs Who Just Blew the Doors Off Hollywood

Let’s just get something out of the way right now: Game 1 wasn’t a win. It was an exorcism. Minnesota didn’t just beat the Lakers—they walked into Crypto.com Arena, lit incense, muttered a few dark incantations, and banished the ghost of Showtime basketball from the building.

You’d think that after a 117–95 beatdown on national TV, where the Wolves shot 21-of-42 from three, outpaced L.A. like it was a “Fast & Furious” chase scene, and made Anthony Edwards look like a hybrid of Dwyane Wade and Jason Bourne, the betting public might wake up. But no. As of Sunday morning, the Wolves were +194 on the Game 2…