{"id":645298,"date":"2026-03-07T12:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:53:22","slug":"magic-vs-timberwolves-prediction-odds-line-start-time-2026-nba-picks-for-saturday-march-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645298\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic vs. Timberwolves prediction, odds, line, start time: 2026 NBA picks for Saturday, March 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> look to extend their winning streak to six games when they battle the Orlando Magic<\/a> in a key NBA matchup on Saturday afternoon. Orlando is coming off a 115-114 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, while Minnesota defeated Toronto 115-107 that same night. The Magic (33-28), who have won six of their last 10 games, are 13-15 on the road this season. The Timberwolves (40-23), who have won eight of their past 10, are 22-11 on their home floor.<\/p>\n

Tipoff from the Target Center in Minneapolis is set for 3 p.m. ET. The Magic lead the all-time series 44-27, but the Timberwolves have won the past two meetings. The Timberwolves are 7.5-point favorites in the latest Magic vs. Timberwolves odds from. DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 226.5. Before making any Timberwolves vs. Magic picks,\u00a0check out the NBA predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0profit for $100 players on its top-rated\u00a0NBA picks<\/a>\u00a0over the past eight-plus seasons. The model entered Week 20 on a sizzling 41-18 roll on top-rated NBA spread picks dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0NBA betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Magic vs. Timberwolves<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted NBA picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several NBA odds<\/a> and NBA betting<\/a> lines for Timberwolves vs. Magic:<\/p>\n

Magic vs. Timberwolves spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minnesota -6.5 at DraftKings\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Magic vs. Timberwolves over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

226.5 points<\/p>\n

Magic vs. Timberwolves money line:<\/p>\n

Minnesota -251, Orlando +204<\/p>\n

Magic vs. Timberwolves picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top Magic vs. Timberwolves predictions<\/p>\n

After 10,000 simulations of Magic vs. Timberwolves, SportsLine’s model is\u00a0going Under on the total (226.5).\u00a0The Under has hit in six of the past 10 head-to-head matchups between the teams. The Under hit in three of the last five Orlando games, and in each of the last four Minnesota games. The Magic are 5-4-1 against the spread in their last 10 games. The Timberwolves, meanwhile, are 4-6 ATS in their last 10.<\/p>\n

The SportsLine model is projecting the Magic’s Paolo Banchero<\/a> to score 21 points on average and be one of four Orlando players to score 11.1 or more points. The Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards<\/a>, meanwhile, is projected to score 27.3 points as seven Minnesota players score 10.9 points or more. The teams are projected to combine for 225 points.<\/p>\n

How to make Timberwolves vs. Magic picks<\/p>\n

The model also says one side of the spread hits nearly 70% of the time.\u00a0You can head to SportsLine to see the model’s NBA picks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So who wins Timberwolves vs. Magic, and which side of the spread hits nearly 70%\u00a0of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Magic vs. Timberwolves spread to back, all from the model that has returned well over $10,000 on top-rated NBA picks<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves look to extend their winning streak to six games when they battle the Orlando Magic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,83751,83752,83753,307,152,3954,6,24770,9199,76,308,83754,83755,83756],"class_list":{"0":"post-645298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-magic-timberwolves-odds","10":"tag-magic-timberwolves-picks","11":"tag-magic-timberwolves-prediction","12":"tag-minnesota","13":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","14":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-odds","17":"tag-nba-picks","18":"tag-orlando-magic","19":"tag-timberwolves","20":"tag-timberwolves-magic-odds","21":"tag-timberwolves-magic-picks","22":"tag-timberwolves-magic-prediction"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116187993559885508","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}