The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-125 in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, taking a 3-1 series lead. Jalen Williams scored 34 points, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander contributed 21 points and sealed the victory with crucial free throws. The series shifts back to Oklahoma City for Game 5 on Wednesday.
The Thunder advanced to the Western Conference Finals after defeating the Denver Nuggets in a decisive Game 7. They are facing the Timberwolves, who are seeking to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series.
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Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division.
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Jalen Devonn Williams, nicknamed J-Dub, is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division.
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Nikola Jokić is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 7 ft 0 in, he plays in the center position.
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The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division.
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Minneapolis is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the seat of Hennepin County, the state's most populous county.
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Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory.
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Chet Thomas Holmgren is an American college basketball player for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference. A consensus five-star recruit and the number one player in the 2021 class, he stands 7 ft 0 in and plays the center position.
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Denver ( DEN-vər) is a consolidated city and county, the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains east of the Front
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Julius Deion Randle is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association.
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Mark Daigneault is an American professional basketball coach and head coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. At the age of 35, Daigneault is currently the youngest active head coach in the NBA.
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Anthony Charles Edwards is an American actor, director, and producer. He played Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primeti