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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had five of his eight assists in the opening quarter [Getty Images] The Oklahoma City Thunder “have a lot more work to do” after reaching their first NBA Finals since 2012 with a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves, says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) scored 34 points, seven rebounds and […]

On one hand, the Minnesota Timberwolves overachieved. No one expected them to reach the Western Conference finals for two straight years. But after being manhandled by the Oklahoma City Thunder, pressing questions are on the way, wrote Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “If team President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly was willing to

OKLAHOMA CITY — Forty minutes of hell was supposed to be a college basketball mantra, and long gone — but the Oklahoma City Thunder have remixed it. Sometimes it’s five minutes, maybe 10. Just a stretch in which they turn the opponents into stumbling, bumbling, inept strangers. They can barely get a shot up, let

The Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t just reach the Finals after walloping the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday. They made a little history along the way. With an average age of 25.56 (weighted for playoff games played), OKC became the second-youngest team to reach the Finals in the last

The Clutch Player of the Year was missing in the fourth quarter Tuesday night.

After an inspiring opening two rounds of these playoffs, Mikal Bridges has reverted to disappointment in these conference finals.

Tyrese Haliburton (centre) was named an NBA All-Star in 2023 and 2024 [Getty Images] Tyrese Haliburton produced an electric first-half performance as the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks to move to within one win of reaching the NBA Finals. Haliburton registered 20 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in the first half of

INDIANAPOLIS — Rick Carlisle walked into his press conference after Game 4 understanding that he was going to be asked about the masterpiece that his virtuoso point guard had just unleashed upon the Knicks: a 32-point, 12-rebound, 15-assist, zero-turnover triple-double to propel his Pacers to a 130-121 win, and to within one win of the

Mitchell Robinson has been a difference-maker for the Knicks in these playoffs, especially against the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. But the big man had an uneven Game 4 on Tuesday, and that played a part in the Knicks’ 131-120 loss. Robinson played nearly 10 minutes in the first quarter and had just two

American professional basketball doesn’t stop during the summer. While NBA players take their vacations, the WNBA is in full swing and more popular than ever. To track which players are performing at their peak and see how superstars like A’ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, and Caitlin Clark are faring in the W, here’s our Global Rating