The Golden State Warriors upset the Timberwolves in game one on the road. In victory came some defeat for the Warriors. They will lose superstar point guard Steph Curry for the foreseable future. Curry went down with a hamstring injury. Curry is expected to miss multiple games due to the injury.

SportsLine's model simulated Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Thursday's Game 2 Western Conference semifinal matchup

Minnesota is favored by 6.5 points in Game 1, and they're -255 on the moneyline, which would give them a 71.8% chance of winning the game based on implied probability. Home-court advantage should give the Wolves an edge in what will be a hostile series, and the bettings odds show that.