The No. 3 seed Minnesota Timberwolves will try to wrap up their first-round series against the No. 6 seed Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. Minnesota won the first two games of the series by double digits at home before taking complete control with a 126-109 win in Game 3 on Friday night. The Suns will try to become the first team in league history to erase a 3-0 series deficit in the postseason. 

Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET. Phoenix is listed as a 1-point favorite in the latest Suns vs. Timberwolves odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 213.5. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page.)

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The model knows that Minnesota has dominated this series thus far, winning all three games by double digits. The Timberwolves never trailed in their 126-109 road win on Friday night, taking a 3-0 lead behind 36 points from star guard Anthony Edwards. They took a 22-point lead into the fourth quarter after knocking down 7 of 11 3-pointers during a third-quarter surge. Minnesota controlled the paint, outrebounding Phoenix 50-28. 

The model also has taken into account that the Suns have some of the top scorers in the NBA, so they still have a chance to send the series back to Minnesota. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker both averaged 27.1 points per game during the regular season, while Bradley Beal added 18.2 points. Fourth-leading scorer Grayson Allen (13.5 ppg) missed Game 3 due to an ankle injury, but he could return for this crucial contest. 

The model has simulated Suns vs. Timberwolves 10,000 times, and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits more than 60% of the time.

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