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On paper, this is one of the clearest mismatches on the Tuesday board. Minnesota comes in healthy, sitting at 12-8 and inside the top six in the Western Conference, riding a two-game winning streak and looking more like a legitimate playoff seed than a fringe team. The Timberwolves just handled San Antonio 125-112, closing with a dominant 36-19 fourth quarter fueled by Anthony Edwards’ efficient scoring, Julius Randle’s playmaking and a disruptive zone defense that completely flipped the game late. New Orleans is in the opposite place. The Pelicans are 3-18, last in the West, and trying to stop a three-game slide while working through an absurd injury list. They were blown off the floor early in Los Angeles on

The ACC/SEC Challenge brings a fast-paced matchup to Winston-Salem as the Oklahoma Sooners visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Wake Forest opened as a 4.5-point favorite, with Oklahoma at +181 on the moneyline and the total at 158.5. Both teams enter on three-game winning streaks, each carrying top-60 scoring efficiency into the matchup. Oklahoma aims to secure its first road win of the season, while Wake Forest continues to rely on its strong home track record. The broader national landscape remains fluid, with teams shifting up and down the NCAAB board available through the main college basketball hub. The opening spread of Wake Forest -4.5 has held, though early sharp money touched Oklahoma, while the public

Memphis finally looks like it has found something. The Grizzlies have won three straight and five of six, and four of those victories have come on the road. The latest was a 115-107 win in Sacramento where rookie center Zach Edey put together the best game of his young career with 32 points on 16-for-20 shooting and 17 rebounds. He completely controlled the glass down the stretch, scoring all six points in a late lead-changing run and choking off second-chance opportunities. Memphis is still doing all of this without Ja Morant and with almost no healthy point guards, but Tuomas Iisalo has the group buying into a straightforward identity: defend, rebound, and grind out enough half-court offense to win ugly.

Oklahoma City comes into San Francisco with real history on the table. At 20-1, the Thunder own the second-best start in NBA history, trailing only the 2015-16 Warriors’ 24-0 run and joining the 1969-70 Knicks and 1993-94 Rockets as the only other teams to open 20-1 or better, both of whom went on to win the title. They have ripped off 12 straight wins and are bludgeoning opponents by an average of 15.5 points per game, playing like a team that expects to dictate terms every night rather than protect a record. Jalen Williams’ quote sums it up: Oklahoma City still sees itself as the hunter, not the hunted, using internal competitions like his steals race with Cason Wallace to