{"id":345487,"date":"2025-05-10T14:14:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T18:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=345487"},"modified":"2025-05-10T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T18:14:45","slug":"timberwolves-vs-warriors-game-3-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/timberwolves-vs-warriors-game-3-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves vs. Warriors SGP predictions Game 3: Back Butler and DiVincenzo on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves meet for Game 3 on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Minnesota looks to build off its blowout win, and is favoured to do so against the Steph Curry-less Warriors. The Timberwolves have won seven of their last 10 road games, including two of three in Round 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Timberwolves vs. Warriors SGP predictions for May 10, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/jimmy_butler_iii\">Jimmy Butler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/donte_di_vincenzo\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timberwolves vs. Warriors predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Under 210.5 points | Butler 6+ assists | DiVincenzo 2+ threes (+270)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Under 210.5 points <\/strong><\/strong>(-286):<\/strong> Golden State has been willing to play in rock fights this postseason, and now Steve Kerr&#8217;s hand is forced without Curry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Warriors had the seventh-best defensive rating during the regular season and should lean on that facet of their game rather than getting into a shootout with the Anthony Edwards-led T-Wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unders are 6-3 against this number in Golden State&#8217;s playoff games, including each of the last three.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minnesota has the fourth-highest under rate on the road this season (54.6%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The T-Wolves and Warriors both rank in the bottom-half of playoff teams in terms of pace (possessions per 48 minutes) and true shooting percentage, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113629\">Embed: #113629<\/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>Butler 6+ assists <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-157):<\/strong> Butler has been asked to do it all before, and led the Miami Heat to multiple finals appearances as the main man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He averaged a healthy 5.9 assists in his 2023 finals run and is right around that number again this postseason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excluding Game 2 against the Houston Rockets, where he exited after eight minutes with an injury, Butler is putting up 5.8 APG and is 5-2 vs. this line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s first on the Warriors in &#8220;potential assists&#8221; per game (10.3). NBA.com categorizes that as a pass leading directly to a shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>DiVincenzo 2+ threes<\/strong> (-235):<\/strong> DiVincenzo is heaving up bricks from beyond-the-arc right now, but I still think he&#8217;s worth backing at this number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first-year Timberwolf is shooting 21.7% from deep this postseason on 6.6 attempts per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he shot 39.7% during the regular season and went 3-for-8 in Game 2. I&#8217;m hoping that positive result is what DiVincenzo needs to break out of a shooting slump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had cleared this mark in three straight games vs. Golden State before the playoffs, shooting a combined 11-for-26 from deep (42.0%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Timberwolves vs. Warriors predictions made at 1:00 p.m. ET 05\/10\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves meet for Game 3 on Saturday. 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