Thunder Favored To Close Out TWolves In Game 5

Written By:

Sam Profeta

Published On:

May 28, 2025 10:17 AM

Thunder Favored To Close Out TWolves In Game 5 - Chet Holmgren, Julius Randle
  • There are -360 odds for The Oklahoma City Thunder to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5.
  • An 8.5-point spread is set for Game 5 and the Thunder have -7500 odds to win the series.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Thunder are staring at the NBA Finals going into Game 5 as they are heavy favorites to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves and close out the series. They currently lead the series 3-1 after winning in Game 4.

There is currently an 8.5-point spread set on legal sports betting sites in favor of the Thunder to close out the Timberwolves. In relation to being heavily favored to win Game 5, they are extremely favored to close out the series as well at -7500 odds.

Minnesota Timberwolves Vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 5 Odds

  • Moneyline: Timberwolves (+280) vs. Thunder (-360)
  • Spread: Thunder -8.5 (-105)
  • Total: 220.5

Minnesota Timberwolves Vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: Series Price

  • Minnesota Timberwolves +1400
  • Oklahoma City Thunder -7500

Thunder Close Out Convincingly

The Thunder are on the cusp of making the NBA Finals and NBA betting sites are all in on them doing so in Game 5 against Minnesota. There is plenty pointing towards them winning and covering as well here.

The Thunder, in their 3-1 record in the series, are 2-2 against the spread thus far and covered in both Games 1 and 2 at home to start the series. Both of which had an 8+ point spread set.

When playing at home this season, the Thunder have the best record in the league against the spread at a whopping 33-14-2 and covering by a +5.9 margin with a +16.6 average winning margin.

Things are a bit more even for the Timberwolves when playing on the road this season as they sit with a 25-23 record against the spread at just a +0.9 cover margin.

Looking at the point total, the series as a whole has gone 3-1 going over including in each of the last three games. They’ve crossed 220.5 points all three of those times as well.

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Sam Profeta

Samuel has been writing professionally for 4 years. He comes from a sports writing background where he enjoys writing mostly about basketball and football both professional and collegiate. He is a recent graduate of Florida State University where he majored in Editing, Writing and Media with a minor in Communications. During his free time, you can find him watching or playing sports as well as playing videogames and listening to music.