{"id":54685,"date":"2025-05-24T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/54685\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T22:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:38:11","slug":"tv-picks-odds-and-how-to-watch-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/54685\/","title":{"rendered":"TV, picks, odds and how to watch NBA playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thunder\u2019s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tears up in MVP speech<\/p>\n

NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s acceptance speech turns emotional as pay tribute to his wife<\/p>\n

The 2025 NBA Western Conference finals feature the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> traveling to Target Center to face the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Saturday night. The Thunder leads the series 2-0.<\/p>\n

The Thunder defeated the Timberwolves 118-103<\/a> in Game 2 in Oklahoma City. The NBA’s MVP<\/a>, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>, scored 38 points, while Jalen Williams<\/a> and Chet Holmgren<\/a> contributed a combined total of 28 points.<\/p>\n

The Thunder’s defense was impressive in Game 2. Lu Dort<\/a>, who had received first-team All-Defensive honors, along with Williams, who earned second-team All-Defense earlier that day, led the charge. Their combined effort limited the Timberwolves to a shooting percentage of just 41%, helping secure the victory.<\/p>\n

As the series shifts to Minneapolis, the Timberwolves are in dire need of a win to avoid a 3-0 deficit. Here’s how you can catch all the action in Game 3.<\/p>\n

More: Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins first NBA MVP award<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 3 of the NBA’s Western Conference final series between the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> and Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> tips off at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.<\/p>\n

How to watch Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: TV, streamTime:\u00a08:30 p.m. ETLocation:\u00a0Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)TV:\u00a0ABCStream:\u00a0ESPN+, Fubo<\/a>Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 3 predictionsThe Oklahoman<\/a>: Minnesota 110, OKC 108<\/p>\n

Justin Martinez writes: “It’s hard to win a game in Oklahoma City. Every mistake is magnified by an electric Paycom Center crowd, and that energy fuels some huge OKC runs. But Minnesota will have the home crowd on its side this time, and it’ll be desperate to avoid a 3-0 series hole. I think the Thunder will win this series in five games, and I’m picking the Timberwolves’ lone win to come in Game 3.”<\/p>\n

ESPN<\/a>: Thunder have a 67% chance to win<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Matchup Predictor, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a 67.1% chance to win Game 3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n

Pickswise<\/a>: Timberwolves<\/p>\n

Staff writes: “What has really killed Minnesota is how badly the Wolves have gotten crushed from a turnover disparity perspective, particularly in those disastrous third quarters. Therefore, if Anthony Edwards and company are able to minimize those live-ball mistakes, that should take away a number of chances for Oklahoma City to get out on the break and generate easy points in transition. All things considered, I\u2019ll take Minnesota to get in the win column at home.”<\/p>\n

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 3 odds<\/p>\n

The Oklahoma City Thunder are favored to win Game 3, according to\u00a0BetMGM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Odds as of Saturday, May 24.<\/p>\n

Spread: Thunder (-4.5)Moneyline: Thunder (-150), Timberwolves (+130)Over\/under: 218.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thunder\u2019s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tears up in MVP speech NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s acceptance speech turns emotional as pay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,618,366,311,839,267,521,519,623,619,832,364,838,183,307,152,70,85,6,11,62,67,53,310,179,61,81,622,209,518,66,83,312,308,833],"class_list":{"0":"post-54685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-chet","10":"tag-chet-holmgren","11":"tag-city","12":"tag-dort","13":"tag-exclude","14":"tag-exclude-smart-fronts","15":"tag-fronts","16":"tag-gilgeous-alexander","17":"tag-holmgren","18":"tag-jalen","19":"tag-jalen-williams","20":"tag-luguentz","21":"tag-luguentz-dort","22":"tag-minnesota","23":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","24":"tag-national","25":"tag-national-sports","26":"tag-nba","27":"tag-nba-playoffs","28":"tag-neutral","29":"tag-news","30":"tag-now","31":"tag-oklahoma","32":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","33":"tag-overall","34":"tag-overall-neutral","35":"tag-shai","36":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","37":"tag-smart","38":"tag-sports","39":"tag-sports-news","40":"tag-thunder","41":"tag-timberwolves","42":"tag-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114565212026264005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}