NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder storms past Denver Nuggets in game 7 of the playoff with a 125-93 win at Paycom Center. OKC is now advancing to the Western conference finals.
Shai Gilgeous- Alexander scored 31 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 and grab a 1-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference finals series on Tuesday .
Gilgeous-Alexander, who had a lethargic first half with 11 points after shooting just 2-of-13 from the field, led the Thunder recovery. Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 31 points, five rebounds and nine assists while Williams added 19 points with eight rebounds, five assists and five steals. Chet Holmgren added 15 points with Isaiah Hartenstein grabbing 12 points.
“We didn’t have a lot of patience in the second half and then our offence didn’t get a bunch of quality looks and it affected our defence,” Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch said. “For us to play as poorly as we did in the first half and only be down four was a major victory for us at half time,” said Daigneault. “Our defence was a huge catalyst.” The Thunder were pushed all the way in the previous playoff round, winning a titanic seven-game series against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Monday.
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