{"id":341636,"date":"2025-04-25T11:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=341636"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:52:14","slug":"lakers-vs-timberwolves-game-3-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/lakers-vs-timberwolves-game-3-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs. Timberwolves SGP predictions Game 3: Bet on James, Doncic and Edwards in +330 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers series shifts locations, tied at one apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Los Angeles responded to a blowout defeat in the series opener with a slug-it-out victory in Game 2. I&#8217;m staying away from picking a side on Friday and am instead rolling with a superstar-filled SGP featuring LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Anthony Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Lakers vs. Timberwolves playoff SGP predictions for Game 3 on Friday, April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakers vs. Timberwolves predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: James 6+ assists | Edwards 6+ rebounds | Doncic 3+ threes (+330)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>James 6+ assists <\/strong><\/strong>(-157):<\/strong> LeBron has struggled as a scorer this series, shooting 43.2% from the floor and 20.0% from deep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ageless superstar can still contribute in other ways, and with Doncic taking over primary scoring duties, I want to key in on LeBron&#8217;s abilities as a passer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had seven assists in Game 2 after posting an incredible 8.2 assists per game during the regular season (sixth-best mark in NBA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LeBron has cleared this line in 10 of his last 12 playoff games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112974\">Embed: #112974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Edwards over 5.5 rebounds <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-122):<\/strong> Standing at 6-foot-4 with a jump-out-of-the-gym vertical, Edwards can contest for any rebound. And in the playoffs, he&#8217;s more than willing to go and get them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edwards is averaging 7.0 rebounds across his last 20 playoff games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In that span, he&#8217;s 14-6 against this line (2-0 this series).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also a great matchup for Edwards, considering the Lakers don&#8217;t have a true big man. Jaxson Hayes has been starting at centre but is playing less than 10 minutes a night, leaving 6-foot-7 Dorian Finney-Smith to do most of the work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lakers allowed the 11th-most rebounds per game to shooting guards over the last 30 days of the NBA season, per Fantasy Pros. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Doncic 3+ threes<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-225):<\/strong> Backing Doncic on this total seems pretty safe to me, even though he went 2-of-8 from deep in Game 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The superstar had cleared this line in six straight games prior, averaging 4.8 makes on 9.5 attempts per game (50.5% shooting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes a 5-of-10 shooting performance in the series opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doncic has cleared this line in six of his last seven playoff games against the Timberwolves, dating back to last year&#8217;s Western Conference finals when he was on the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lakers vs. Timberwolves predictions made at 11:00 a.m. ET 04\/25\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers series shifts locations, tied at one apiece. The pregame narrative: Los Angeles responded to a blowout defeat in the series opener with a slug-it-out victory in Game 2. I&#8217;m staying away from picking a side on Friday and am instead rolling with a superstar-filled SGP featuring LeBron James, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":341657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-341636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>Lakers vs. Timberwolves predictions Game 3: NBA SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 3 Lakers vs. Timberwolves predictions SGP predictions. 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