The Charlotte Hornets will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at 7 p.m. ET on Friday at the Spectrum Center to help tip off the NBA schedule for Tuesday. Charlotte is 1-0 overall, while Minnesota is 1-0. Both teams won and covered in their season openers with the Timberwolves (+3) pulling off the outright upset on the road against Brooklyn in overtime, while the Hornets (+3.5) snuck out with a 1-point win against the Bulls. Minnesota is favored by 5.5 points in the latest Hornets vs. Timberwolves odds, while the over-under is set at 229. Before entering any Timberwolves vs. Hornets picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times, and anyone who followed it last season saw massive returns. In fact, the model finished 300-252 on all its top-rated NBA picks. On top-rated against the spread and money line picks alone, the model returned a whopping $4,280.

Now, it has simulated Hornets vs. Timberwolves 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning under, and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in over 60 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.

The model has taken into account that the 126-125 victory over Chicago to open the season was a positive sign for a team adjusting to life without Kemba Walker. PJ Washington, a rookie power forward out of Kentucky, was sensational in the opener with 27 points and four rebounds. Dwayne Bacon, a second-round pick out of Florida State in 2017, was also impressive in the opener with 22 points. 

Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Minnesota ultimately got the result it was hoping for in a 127-126 victory over Brooklyn, spoiling a 50-point effort by Kyrie Irving. Minnesota can attribute much of its success to center Karl-Anthony Towns, who shot 7 for 11 from beyond the arc and finished with a double-double on 36 points and 14 rebounds in addition to three blocks. Small forward Andrew Wiggins also added 21 points and eight boards in the win. 

So who wins Hornets vs. Timberwolves? And which side of the spread is hitting in over 60 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread you need to jump on, all from the computer model that has crushed its NBA picks.