Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks & Player Props for Monday, May 26

Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks & Player Props for Monday, May 26

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Best NBA Bets Today: Thunder vs. Timberwolves Game 4

Oklahoma City Thunder to cover -3 (-110) at Minnesota Timberwolves

Alex Barutha: Two blowouts have made this a strange series to start out, with the Timberwolves up 2.0 points per 100 non-garbage-time possessions. How much can we buy into that number? The Timberwolves are winning the offensive rebounding battle 36 to 23, which isn't too surprising. Minnesota has also reduced their turnovers following a disastrous Game 1, but they'll commit more than the 10 they did in Game 3. And while their shooting efficiency overall is solid (45/35/75), the most high-volume players are unsustainably hot. Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle, Jaden McDaniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are shooting a combined 50 percent from the field and 42 percent from deep. Meanwhile, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren are a combined 46 percent from the field and 31 percent from deep. Maybe Games 1 and 3 were non-representative, but ultimately I still believe the Thunder are more than three points better than the Wolves in this situation.

Jalen Williams over 31.5 points + rebounds + assists (-111, FanDuel)

Oklahoma City Thunder at Minnesota Timberwolves

Alex Barutha: Per 40 minutes in this series, Williams is averaging 24.0 points on 24.1 true shot attempts, 9.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists. During the Denver series, he was struggling with inconsistency. Now, the main thing that seems to be holding him back statistically is low minutes due to blowouts. I'm hoping for a competitive game, and ultimately a Thunder win.

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Alex Barutha
Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.
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