The Minnesota Timberwolves are coming off back-to-back win over the Phoenix Suns and are 4-3 since head coach Tom Thibodeau was fired earlier this month. Ironically enough, Thibodeau was fired the day after Minnesota's 108-86 victory over the Lakers on Jan. 6 as it improved to 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.

Here the Wolves will face a banged up Lakers team that definitely will be without LeBron James and Lonzo Ball while Rajon Rondo is a game-time decision. "I'm just taking it day by day and I will see how it feels in the morning when I wake up," Rondo said Wednesday. "I have to come back when I'm healthy ... I can't come back depending on whether guys are out or not."

The Lakers are coming into this contest with the better record, but they're just 5-9 since James and Rondo last played on Christmas Day at Golden State. Minnesota meanwhile has won six of its last nine and look good to get the W here.

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