Timberwolves vs Heat Best Pick, Prediction and Odds

The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Miami Heat on Wednesday 21 October at Kaseya Center in Miami, with tip-off at 7:30 PM ET. The Heat are 1.5-point favorites on the early line.

This is the early page for the game: what is already known. Our full prediction, with the call and the numbers behind it, goes up on this page before tip-off.

Last season

The Timberwolves went 49-33 in 2025-26: 26-15 at home and 23-18 on the road. They scored 118.0 points a game and allowed 114.6. In the playoffs they beat the Denver Nuggets 4-2 and then lost to the San Antonio Spurs 4-2.

The Heat went 43-39 in 2025-26: 26-15 at home and 17-24 on the road. They scored 120.9 points a game and allowed 118.5. They did not play a playoff series.

Last season’s meetings

The teams met twice in the 2025-26 regular season and the Timberwolves won both.

• 3 January: Timberwolves 125, Heat 115, with the Heat at home
• 6 January: Timberwolves 122, Heat 94, with the Timberwolves at home

The early line

At DraftKings, read 12 October 2026, the Heat are -1.5 after opening at -3.5. The total is 243.5. The moneylines are Heat -125 and Timberwolves +105, which price the Heat to win 53.2% of the time with the bookmaker’s margin removed.

Lines move before tip-off. The full prediction reads them again on the day it goes up.

What this page does not say

Every result above is from last season. Rosters change over a summer, and this page names no player and says nothing about who is available. Every game is on our NBA predictions page.

Timberwolves at Heat, Wednesday 21 October, 7:30 PM ET at Kaseya Center in Miami. Results: ESPN, 2025-26 regular season and playoffs, read 12 October 2026. Line: DraftKings via ESPN, read 2026-10-12 05:29 UTC.