Getty Karl-Anthony Towns looks to help the Wolves get a win.
The Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in early-season NBA action on Wednesday, October 19.
The game (8 p.m. ET start time) will be televised locally on Bally Sports Oklahoma (in Thunder market) and Bally Sports North (in Timberwolves market), while anyone out of market can watch on NBA League Pass.
If the game is in your market, you can watch a live stream of the game on DirecTV Stream, which comes with a free trial and is the only streaming service to include Bally Sports Oklahoma or Bally Sports North.
If the game is out of your market, you can watch a live stream of the game on FuboTV, which offers NBA League Pass with a free trial.
Here’s a full rundown on how you can watch a live stream of the Thunder vs Timberwolves, including options for both in-market and out-of-market viewers:
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If the Game is in Your Market
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” All local sports networks, including Bally Sports Oklahoma and Bally Sports North (local markets), are included in “Choice” and up, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free five-day trial:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch the Thunder vs Timberwolves live on the DirecTV Stream app or DirecTV Stream website.
Compatible devices for the DirecTV Stream app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
If the Game is out of Your Market
FuboTV
NBA League Pass, which lets you watch every out-of-market NBA game, is available as a separate add-on to FuboTV’s main package, but every package and add-on can be included with your free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Thunder vs Timberwolves live on the FuboTV app or FuboTV website.
Compatible devices for the FuboTV app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch every out-of-market NBA game via Prime Channels. You can try both Amazon Prime and the NBA League Pass channel at no cost with a free trial:
NBA League Pass on Amazon Prime
Once you’re signed up for the Prime Paramount+ Channel, you can watch the Thunder vs Timberwolves live on the Amazon Video app or Amazon website.
Compatible devices for the Amazon Video app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, various smart TV’s, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
NBA League Pass
This is ultimately the same as the Amazon Prime option above, only you’ll watch on NBA’s digital platforms rather than Amazon’s. You can watch all out-of-market NBA games on NBA League Pass, which comes with a free trial:
Once signed up for NBA League Pass, can watch the Thunder vs Timberwolves live on the NBA app or NBA website
Compatible devices for the NBA app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Xbox One or Series S/X, PlayStation 4 or 5, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
Thunder vs Timberwolves Preview
The Minnesota Timberwolves open the season with a team it dominated last season in the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Minnesota swept all four meetings, and the Wolves won by double digits three of those times. The Thunder kept things close in the first meeting last season, a 98-90 loss on January 5.
Fresh off of the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 2018, the Wolves return most its core from last season plus a big addition. Key players back include Karl-Anthony Towns, De’Angelo Russell and Anthony Edwards.
“Just want to be great. It’s always talking about us being good and are we good enough and s—,” Towns told the media via KSTP. “It’s time to be great. It’s not time to be good anymore. It’s time to be great. We made these moves, we made these trades, so gotta be great. Good is not good enough anymore.”
More from Karl-Anthony Towns on the season starting tonight.
He’s vocally and visibly passionate about the high expectations the Wolves have this season.
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Rudy Gobert came to the Wolves via trade with the Utah Jazz, which should bolster a Wolves defense that wasn’t that strong last season. Gobert is a tree-time Defensive Player of the Year.
“I was thinking about it every day,” Gobert said about the trade being pitched to him, per Chris Hine of the Star Tribune. “When I was going to bed I was thinking about it more and more. … That was probably the best, most exciting challenge for me, to pair with a guy like KAT and the whole organization like the Timberwolves that really wants to win and is willing to do whatever it takes to win.”
Minnesota gave up 113.3 points per game for 24th in the league. Facing Oklahoma City could give the Wolves an early barometer for defensive improvement.
Oklahoma City score triple figures in three of four games against the Wolves last season. The Thunder averaged 103.7 points per game for 30th in the league, and the Thunder didn’t add much firepower in the offseason.
Thunder No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren, who could have made a homecoming on Wednesday, will miss the season due to a foot injury in an exhibition game during the summer. Holmgren grew up in Minneapolis and played at Minnehaha Academy before a stellar year at Gonzaga.
The Thunder face life without the talented 7-foot-1 center this season, but the team has players who could give the Wolves trouble. Young players of the Thunder of note include Josh Giddey, Lu Dort, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.