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Profitable Polymarket Trader Backs Timberwolves With $170,000 in NBA Bets

A new report describes another distinct Polymarket NBA trade, with a 63% win-rate account buying $310,000 on the Timberwolves at 48 cents before Game 4 against the Nuggets.

Fact Check
The Timberwolves portion is supported by Odaily page 478166, which says a profitable Polymarket account bought a total of $170,000 in Timberwolves-related positions, and the Polymarket profile '@drpufferfish on Polymarket' supports that the account was indeed highly profitable. The Spurs portion is also supported in substance by Odaily page 478283, which states that an account bought $117,000 of Spurs-win shares at an average price of 60 cents about two hours before Game 3. However, the overall claim as written appears conflated: the headline mentions a profitable trader backing the Timberwolves with $170,000, while the body sentence switches to a different Spurs trade. Also, source 478222 shows yet another Spurs bet with different figures ($197,000 at 57 cents), reinforcing that multiple separate bets were being reported. Because the claim merges distinct events into one narrative, it is best assessed as conflicting_evidence rather than cleanly true or false.
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Summary

New reporting adds another materially different Polymarket NBA trade to the topic: an account with a 63% win rate reportedly bought $310,000 of Timberwolves shares at 48 cents in the Western Conference first-round Game 4 market. The game was set for 8:30 a.m. Beijing time, with Minnesota leading the series 2-1, and Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon was listed as questionable with a calf injury. These details differ substantially from the previously stored Thunder-Suns version, which involved a 49% win-rate account buying $172,000 on the Thunder at 78 cents before Game 3, indicating another inconsistent or separate instance of NBA-related Polymarket activity.

Terms & Concepts
  • Polymarket: A crypto-based prediction market where users trade on the outcomes of real-world events.
  • Prediction market: A marketplace where participants buy and sell positions tied to future event outcomes, with prices reflecting collective expectations.