The Golden State Warriors personal a 1-0 collection lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves within the 2025 NBA playoffs following a 99-88 street victory on Tuesday night time, however could also be with out the companies of Stephen Curry for Recreation 2 on Thursday after he suffered a left hamstring harm. These skilled participant prop picks will probably be made underneath the belief that he is extra doubtless to not compete on the Goal Middle.
Listed below are three participant props in your consideration, together with an OVER on a mixture prop for Warriors veteran Draymond Inexperienced (-106) on Might 8.
Draymond Inexperienced OVER 17.5 Factors + Rebounds vs. Timberwolves (-106 at FanDuel)
Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. ET
Clearly the absence of Curry after 13 minutes helped, however reality be instructed, nobody anticipated Inexperienced to hastily turn into a marksman like his teammate on the street lower than 48 hours after Golden State had gone to a Recreation 7 with the Houston Rockets. Inexperienced transformed 4 of his 10 3-point makes an attempt to complete with 18 factors, which was his highest scoring output since Nov. 18 when he additionally dropped 18 factors in opposition to the Washington Wizards. These 4 triples additionally marked the fifth time in 2024-25 that he is buried that many in a recreation, and it was additionally the second time he took double-digit photographs from behind the arc.
Inexperienced is now averaging 17 factors over his final two appearances, and replicating that on Thursday would get him almost over the hump of a 17.5 mixture prop for factors and rebounds. He is additionally producing seven rebounds per contest throughout this quick spurt, with consecutive OVERs on this division with not less than 22 factors and boards every time. It is all palms on deck with Curry anticipated to overlook a while, and Inexperienced stays one of many extra dependable choices for head coach Steve Kerr in a large number of how.
Rudy Gobert To Document A Double-Double vs. Warriors (+165 at FanDuel)
Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. ET
This can be a repeat wager from Tuesday’s matchup which was guess at +145 worth, and maybe I am cussed for going with it once more after Rudy Gobert failed to attach in Recreation 1. Then once more, in case you paid consideration to how shut this was at plus cash, you’d have the inducement to roll the cube as soon as extra, as nicely. Gobert ended up with 9 factors and 11 rebounds throughout 26 minutes of motion, and on the 6:02 mark of the fourth quarter, he missed his second of two free-throw makes an attempt earlier than being despatched to the bench for good with 4:19 remaining within the contest.
If that free throw falls by means of the mesh, or Gobert merely stays energetic till the ultimate buzzer, he is registering his second double-double in as many video games after his 27-point, 24-rebound explosion in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers in Recreation 5 of the primary spherical. Golden State’s undersized frontcourt is not going anyplace, and for what it is value, of the 44 events through the common season when Gobert completed with double-digit rebounds, solely as soon as (Nov. 8 vs. Path Blazers, 15) did he play fewer than 27 minutes like he did in Recreation 1.
Jimmy Butler OVER 13.5 Rebounds + Assists vs. Timberwolves (+102 at FanDuel)
Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. ET
I am upping the ante on a Jimmy Butler prop after discovering success along with his assists numbers in Recreation 1, having taken the OVER on 5.5 assists at -102 and watching him go for eight dimes whereas simply lacking out on a triple-double with 20 factors and 11 rebounds. Oddsmakers have bumped that prop as much as 6.5 with an OVER coming in at -106 and rightfully so. This time round, let’s toss in his rebounds to get the worth in at plus cash with nice potential to hit.
Butler has gone OVER 13.5 mixed boards and dimes in every of his final three postseason outings, averaging 9.3 rebounds and seven.7 assists throughout that span. He hasn’t completed with fewer than seven in both class in any of these video games, and has additionally performed not less than 41 minutes every time. Butler truly leads the Warriors in each areas throughout these playoffs at 6.7 and 5.3, respectively, and will see these numbers leap even greater with Curry out.
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