{"id":348712,"date":"2025-05-24T09:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348712"},"modified":"2025-05-24T09:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:53:29","slug":"thunder-vs-timberwolves-prop-picks-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/thunder-vs-timberwolves-prop-picks-game-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks Game 3: Bet on Gilgeous-Alexander, McDaniels to score in bunches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After struggling on offence in Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves look to flip the script at home on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Minnesota is down 2-0 thanks in large part to the efforts of Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who&#8217;s been finding all sorts of ways to score. The T-wolves need someone to step up, and Jaden McDaniels has proven he&#8217;s up for the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks on SGA and McDaniels for Game 3 on May 24.<\/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><strong>Best Bet: Gilgeous-Alexander over 32.5 points (-108)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SGA is the only player in the world right now who&#8217;s worth this high of a points prop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on what he&#8217;s shown so far in this series \u2014 and in the season as a whole, frankly \u2014 I&#8217;m content to ride with the over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gilgeous-Alexander is coming off a 38-point effort in Game 2. He had 31 points against the Timberwolves in the series opener.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In his past 10 playoff games, SGA is averaging 31.5 PPG. He&#8217;s 6-4 vs. this scoring line, landing on 31 points in two of the shortcomings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He averaged an NBA-high 32.7 PPG during the regular season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander has a 35.5% usage rate so far in this series, which is easily the highest of all players. He has nine more field-goal attempts (48) and 12 more free-throw attempts (29) than anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thunder are leaning heavily on their recently-anointed MVP, and can you blame them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t, and I don&#8217;t expect them to change that strategy. Game 3 has a 2.5-point spread in OKC&#8217;s favour, so it should be a tight game that requires another star effort from the Hamilton, Ontario native.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he last played in Minnesota on Feb. 23, SGA had 37 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In six matchups against the T-wolves this year, he&#8217;s averaging 34.8 PPG. And he had at least 20 field-goal attempts and nine free-throw attempts in each of those matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Dating back to last year, Gilgeous-Alexander has 30-plus points in 14 of his past 18 playoff games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game 3 prop predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McDaniels over 13.5 points (-118):<\/strong> McDaniels provided a much-needed spark from the 3-point line in Game 2, going 4-for-8 from deep. The rest of the team shot just 22.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was part of a 22-point night for McDaniels, who should be well-positioned to thrive at home on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In five games at Target Center this postseason, McDaniels is 4-1 vs. this line while averaging 17.6 PPG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In his past five games against the Thunder, McDaniels has averaged 18.8 PPG. He cashed this bet in both regular season matchups at home vs. OKC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thunder vs. Timberwolves prop picks made at 9:25 a.m. ET 05\/24\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After struggling on offence in Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves look to flip the script at home on Saturday night. The pregame narrative: Minnesota is down 2-0 thanks in large part to the efforts of Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who&#8217;s been finding all sorts of ways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":348701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-348712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","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>Thunder vs. Timberwolves picks: Game 3 prop predictions | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 3 Thunder vs. Timberwolves picks. 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