Before examining what may happen with the Timberwolves offseason, let’s set a few assumed premises for how the Wolves will operate. The second apron is a financial threshold above the NBA’s luxury tax for exceeding the salary cap at which an additional layer of penalties goes into effect.

Terrence Shannon Jr. has earned his spot in the Timberwolves' rotation, and he felt the love from all of his teammates throughout his rookie campaign.

After the Timberwolves and Thunder combined for 254 points in Game 4, there are a number of tempting player prop bets available in Game 5.

Naz Reid was rendered ineffective toward the end of the Timberwolves-Warriors series, but the Thunder are a whole other ball of wax. Our NBA betting picks and prop plays believe Reid will be much more involved in T-Wolves vs.

You can find more analysis from Oh and other SportsLine data analysts on their Inside The Lines blog. Here are the model's top-three picks in the Thunder vs. Timberwolves SGP on Wednesday ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder will head home with a 3-1 Western Conference finals series lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Game 5 is Wednesday.