Dallas at Minnesota

Minnesota first had to play without Karl-Anthony Towns for nearly five weeks and it weathered that storm. More recently, the Timberwolves had to come back not only from a 3-2 series deficit, but had to come from behind after being down 15 points at halftime to win on the road at Denver in Game 7 on Sunday night. Overcoming all that adversity has made the Timberwolves a stronger team as they head into the Western Conference final against Dallas, which lost by 44 points in the last meeting on Jan. 31, although the Mavericks were playing short-handed. Minnesota is 38-24 UNDER in the first half its past 62 games, and Sunday's full game stayed UNDER by 13.5 points as the Timberwolves played outstanding defense for the second game in a row. The Mavericks stayed UNDER three of their last four games against Oklahoma City. Take the Timberwolves on the moneyline (full game), and take the first half UNDER.