The Minnesota Timberwolves have a pulse after taking Game 4 of the NBA's Western Conference Finals on Tuesday, and we've got a slew of player prop bets ready for Thursday's Game 5 against the Dallas Mavericks with key names like Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards, and Luka Doncic.
Here's a look at some of the more prominent player props to consider for yet another potential closeout game.
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Karl-Anthony Towns Player Prop Today: UNDER 20.5 Points (-125)
Look, Towns needed to have a performance like the one he mustered up on Tuesday perhaps more than anyone else. He scored 25 points and shot 9-of-13 from the field and 4-of-5 from behind the arc after missing all eight of his 3-point attempts in Game 3. He was also a +15 in 30 minutes of action in what was ultimately just a five-point win for Minnesota.
Towns emptied the chamber and his shot finally cooperated, but the question now becomes whether or not that was a flash in the pan or something sustainable as the Timberwolves look to push this series even further. It was his first 20-point outing versus Dallas and just his sixth of the postseason in 15 tries. He had shot 30 percent or worse from the field in Games 1 through 3, as well.
With everything falling in his favor, Towns was still only on the floor for 30 minutes, which was nine minutes less than Rudy Gobert and just 10 more than Naz Reid. His playing time was by far the least of any starter on Tuesday, so while Game 4 was a feel-good moment for Towns, history would suggest that's not going to carry over to Thursday.
Anthony Edwards Player Prop Today: UNDER 2.5 Made 3-Pointers (+124)
Edwards' shot is still a work in progress this series, with his 11-of-25 night in Game 4 actually being his second-best versus the Mavericks. He's the only player on Minnesota averaging better than 20 points per game, but his efficiency is just sixth on the team of anyone playing substantial minutes at just 40.2 percent.
He's connecting on just 34.6 percent of his 3-pointers, as well, and has buried exactly two in three of his last five playoff games and hit the UNDER on 2.5 makes in four of his last five. We fell victim to the goose egg Towns had in Game 3 which led to plus-money value in Game 4 for the UNDER on made 3-pointers, but that bit us in the behind when he went scorched earth less than 48 hours later.
Perhaps a similar fate awaits us with this Edwards prop, although the superstar wing isn't as much of a gunslinger as his teammate Towns. Edwards gets buckets at will, evident by the fact that he just scored 29 points on Tuesday while making only a pair of triples. Another scoring outburst is likely in store to keep Minnesota in the thick of it, but Edwards won't need an abundance of threes to bring it all together.
Luka Doncic Player Prop Today: OVER 3.5 Made 3-Pointers (-120)
Luka has been lighting it up from deep this series, knocking down 39.5% of threes. I also love the volume for this Game 5 player prop, as Doncic has tossed up at least 10 three-point attempts in every game of the Western Conference Finals.
He's surpassed this line in three straight games and five of his last six overall. The Slovenian superstar has nailed 3.2 threes per game in the playoffs, and there's no reason to believe that changes as the Mavericks aim to move on to the NBA Finals. Bet on Luka to go OVER 3.5 Made Threes at -120 odds.