1* Free Play on Suns +10½ -108

1 Dimer on Spurs -7½ -115

1* Free Pick on Wolves -140

Start with who's actually suiting up.

LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert are all in Minnesota's expected starting lineup with no injury designation.

Detroit can't match that.

Cade Cunningham is day-to-day and didn't even step on the floor in the Pistons' last exhibition, a workload management call.

Jalen Duren sat out training camp during his contract negotiation and is still working into game shape.

Both are 50-50 for this one.

The Wolves have also played well.

They're 3-1 through 4 preseason games with a +9.1 net rating, shooting 44% from three with a 119.4 offensive rating.

The rotation found a rhythm early.

Detroit's resume is real but dated.

The Pistons closed last season 8-2 over their final 10 games with a +12.3 net rating.

That was a full lineup in games that mattered.

It doesn't travel to an October exhibition where the engine and the interior anchor might play token minutes or none at all.

The honest pushback: Detroit has 4 days of rest to Minnesota's 2, and the Wolves have their own day-to-day list with Kuminga, Shannon, Zikarsky and Freeman.

But look at who's on each list.

Minnesota's questionable names are depth pieces.

Detroit's are the franchise guard and the starting center.

Available star talent decides the first three quarters of these games, and Minnesota has the clear edge there.

At -140 the market asks for 58%.

With this lineup gap at home, I make Minnesota higher than that.

I like the Wolves

1* Best Bet on Wolves -140

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1* on Spurs -7½