{"id":330356,"date":"2025-02-23T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=330356"},"modified":"2025-02-23T15:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:36:04","slug":"thunder-vs-timberwolves-prop-picks-for-february-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/thunder-vs-timberwolves-prop-picks-for-february-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks Feb. 23: Back Edwards and Holmgren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two Western Conference powerhouses battle in Sunday&#8217;s NBA nightcap when the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Oklahoma City Thunder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Anthony Edwards is on another level these days and I expect him to stuff the stat sheet in a tough matchup. On the other end of the floor, back Chet Holmgren to have a strong defensive outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks for Feb. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10240\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report-news\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\"><strong>NBA player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\"><strong>NBA standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Edwards over 34.5 points rebounds (-118)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of the talk tonight will be about MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander but Edwards is in MVP-calibre form right now, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me? Just check out his numbers over the last 20 games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>31.2 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5.1 RPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>39.3 3PT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards enters this contest on quite the heater, averaging 37.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in his last six games, clearing this line five times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outlying performance was against the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Feb. 13 but he still put up 23 points and seven rebounds despite an atrocious 5-for-18 shooting night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I get OKC is an elite defensive team. But Edwards is an elite player. He might not be able to put up 40 tonight but he should have a <em>much<\/em> better shooting outing than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And on the glass, the Thunder still aren&#8217;t an elite rebounding team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards has had seven rebounds in consecutive games against OKC and in four of his last six games overall. I expect him to feast on the glass and put up a solid scoring outing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Edwards has cleared this line on points alone in four of his last six games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holmgren over 2.5 blocks (+100):<\/strong> With Victor Wembanyama out for the season Holmgren might assume the title of most physically gifted player in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 7-foot-1 power forward has insane reach and is a defensive menace. He&#8217;s averaging 3.5 blocks and 1.2 steals per game since returning from injury in early February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In those four games, he&#8217;s cleared this line three times. In the outlier against the T-Wolves he had two steals and two blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 2:41 p.m. ET 02\/23\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Western Conference powerhouses battle in Sunday&#8217;s NBA nightcap when the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Oklahoma City Thunder. The pregame narrative: Anthony Edwards is on another level these days and I expect him to stuff the stat sheet in a tough matchup. On the other end of the floor, back Chet Holmgren to have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":330326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-330356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks: Feb. 23 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks for Feb. 23. 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