Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Leads Oklahoma City Thunder to 3-1 WCF Series Lead, Brink of NBA Finals

He is the basketball star no one wanted at first. On his way to the currently perhaps best player in the world Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has made an impressive trip. At high school the Canadian was thrown out of the team, now he is not only MVP of the NBA, but with the Oklahoma City Thunder only a victory away from the finals.

Holmgren comes through for Thunder

Chet Holmgren had nine of his 21 points in the fourth quarter of Monday's Game 4 against the Minnesota Timberwolves to help the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 3-1 lead in the West finals.

Brilliance from the Triplets and an A-plus start

As Oklahoma City surged to a three-games-to-one lead over Minnesota in the NBA's Western Conference finals, the Thunder's 128-126 road win in Game 4 will be remembered as having been a defining performance by OKC's Triplets.

Stat of the day

3 With 40 points in Monday’s victory over the Timberwolves, the Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander joined Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan as the only guards to score at least 30 points 10 times and win at least 11 times through the…

Timberwolves on the brink of elimination in matter of seconds

The Minnesota Timberwolves poured in 271 points against the best defense in the NBA over the recent holiday weekend at Target Center and it still left them on the brink of elimination in the Western Conference Finals. If you’re primarily an advocate of high-caliber, high-intensity hoops, the Timberwolves and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder provided you with a delightfully uneven medley of tromped-throttle thrills and kamikaze spills spread …

3 takeaways from Oklahoma City's 128-126 Game 4 win.

After dropping Game 3 by a whopping 43 points, the Thunder staved off the Timberwolves late in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference Finals.