2024 NBA playoffs - Bets, lines and stats for Mavericks-Timberwolves Game 3 - ESPN

Sunday's Game 3 of the Western Conference finals is a pivotal matchup that could determine the fate of both Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves. Dallas looks to take a commanding 3-0 lead and move toward punching its ticket to the NBA Finals. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves will look to steal a win on the road and prove the team still has fight left in them after two straight losses.

The Mavericks are 4-2 at home in the playoffs, while the Timberwolves are 5-1 on the road, having won the first two road games in each of their past two playoff series.

This should be an excellent game, so let's dig deeper into the matchup to identify some angles of interest for players and/or teams to outproduce expectation.

Timberwolves-Mavericks over 207.5 points (-115).

The Timberwolves defense stifled the Denver Nuggets last round, but the Mavericks have been Minnesota's kryptonite through the first two games of the Western Conference finals. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have been able to consistently win off the dribble, particularly in the pick-and-roll game and have created high-efficiency looks for themselves and other big men to finish at the rim. The Timberwolves haven't seen efficient scoring from their top two options, Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, but have still put points on the board with strong shooting metrics from behind the arc. While these are two of the better defenses in the league, the offenses have ruled this matchup so far with totals of 213 points and 217 points in the first two games.

Anthony Edwards over 25.5 points (-125).

Edwards averaged 30.6 PPG on 54.1 FG% and 42.2 3P% through his first nine playoff games this season but he suffered an injury in Game 6 of the Western semifinals that has