{"id":348097,"date":"2025-05-20T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348097"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:00:19","slug":"timberwolves-vs-thunder-prop-picks-game-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/timberwolves-vs-thunder-prop-picks-game-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves vs. Thunder prop picks Game 1: Back Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two young superstars headline this year&#8217;s Western Conference finals between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/shai_gilgeous_alexander\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>-led Thunder are heavily favoured to win Game 1 at home and this series as a whole. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/anthony_edwards\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> has made a habit of turning up in big moments and has his Timberwolves in the WCF for a second-straight year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Timberwolves vs. Thunder prop picks on Edwards and SGA for Game 1 on May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/specials?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=northstar_specials\">Bet on Canadians Gilgeous-Alexander &amp; Dort in Game 1 SGP boost<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timberwolves vs. Thunder prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Edwards over 6.5 rebounds (-109)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards can light it up as a scorer, we all know that. The dynamic guard averaged 27.6 PPG this season and is just under that mark in the playoffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he&#8217;s struggled to get things going against the Thunder this year, averaging 22.3 PPG on 36.4% shooting in four games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll wait and see what Chris Finch&#8217;s game plan is before mulling over his point total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing I am sure of is Edwards&#8217; usage. The guard is playing 39.9 minutes per game this postseason and has been more than willing to compete for rebounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8.0 rebounds\/game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6+ rebounds in 8 of 10 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7+ rebounds in 7 of 10 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>OKC has played at the second-fastest pace (101.18 possessions per 48 minutes) this postseason, and ranks ninth out of 16 teams in true shooting percentage (55.8%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of possessions means plenty of shots \u2014 and plenty of rebounding opportunities for Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Edwards is 4-0 against this line vs. OKC this season, averaging 9.3 per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113989\">Embed: #113989<\/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\">Game 1 prop predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilgeous-Alexander over 12.5 rebounds\/assists (-104):<\/strong> SGA has blown by this line in his last three games against the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Feb. 24:<\/strong> 10 rebounds, 8 assists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feb. 23:<\/strong> 8 rebounds, 8 assists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feb. 13:<\/strong> 8 rebounds, 9 assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t been nearly as reliable against this number in the playoffs, but he still averaged 6.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists against the Denver Nuggets last round (3-4 vs. this line, landing on 12 RA twice).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander ranks fourth in potential assists per game (16.1) this postseason, which NBA.com categorizes as a pass leading directly to a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was looking long and hard at taking the over on his 6.5 assist total at -150, but just can&#8217;t get down with that type of juice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feels like a solid alternative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Timberwolves vs. Thunder prop picks made at 9:18 a.m. ET 05\/20\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two young superstars headline this year&#8217;s Western Conference finals between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder. The pregame narrative: The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander-led Thunder are heavily favoured to win Game 1 at home and this series as a whole. But Anthony Edwards has made a habit of turning up in big moments and has his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":348104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-348097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Timberwolves vs. Thunder picks: Game 1 prop predictions | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 1 Timberwolves vs. Thunder picks. 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