Shocking Timberwolves vs Warriors Game 5 Betting Odds Speak Volumes…

The Minnesota Timberwolves took a commanding 3-1 lead in their 2025 Western Conference Semifinals series against the Golden State Warriors, after their convincing game four victory in San Francisco on Monday night

They did it on the back of Julius Randle’s 31 points and 5 rebounds, assisted by a superstar 3rd quarter appearance by Anthony Edwards, where his 16 points nearly outscored the 17 points Golden State scored as a team.

Of course, this series has been defined by the absence of Steph Curry, after he was pulled in the 2nd quarter of game one with a grade one hamstring strain. Now, after three-straight Timberwolves wins, the Warriors find themselves going back to Minneapolis, on the brink of elimination.

Timberwolves vs Warriors (Gm 5) Betting Odds are shocking

The biggest questions entering game five are simple. Will Steph Curry return? If not, do the Golden State Warriors stand any chance of stealing one game from Minnesota without their one superstar? Well, an early look at the betting odds may prematurely answer both those questions.

Not only are the Minnesota Timberwolves favored by sportsbooks to win game five and close out the Warriors on Wednesday… but they are MASSIVE -11.5 point favorites.

Let’s address the elephant in the room. Steph Curry clearly is not playing in game five. If there were even a chance that he were going to suit up and take the court that the Timberwolves would be double-digit favorites to win.

And without Steph, Vegas sees what those with any basketball sense whatsoever sees while watching these games. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a far superior team to the Golden State Warriors, even without Curry. Now, you take him out altogether, and the Wolves are toying with them.

The Golden State Warriors cannot hang with the Minnesota Timberwolves

Think about it. Anthony Edwards and most of the Minnesota roster has slept through every first half of this series, just to come out in the second half of these last three games and knock the Warriors out cold with one haymaker run. Jimmy Butler is 35 years old and afraid of Rudy Gobert.

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Draymond Green is mostly a non-factor and Jonathan Kuminga couldn’t even find the floor in their first round series against the Rockets. And oddsmakers think it’ll happen before Steph even gets a chance to play hero, on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

If true, it’ll mean the second-straight Western Conference Finals run in as many seasons… something we would have thought was impossible before it we came to the brink of it becoming reality.