The NBA announced on Monday that Jalen Williams was fined $25,000 for wearing a shirt with profanity language on it after the Oklahoma City Thunder 's 125-93 Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets. He wore it in his postgame press conference.

Jalen Williams was the best player in the biggest quarter of the season — the second quarter of Game 7, a period the Thunder won 39-20.

Jalen Williams went one step beyond. At least as far as the NBA is concerned. After Williams and the Thunder turned the Paycom Center into their own house of fun in a Game 7 rout of the Nuggets, Williams got a trip to the podium for a postgame press conference after dropping 24 on Denver.

Michael Malone, who was fired by the Denver Nuggets with three games remaining in the regular season, will join ESPN for its coverage of the Western Conference finals.

Denver Nuggets fans will see a familiar face in the televised coverage of the NBA's Western Conference Finals this year. Michael Malone, who was fired by Denver with three games remaining in the regular season,

After Michael Malone was fired in the regular season's final week as a last-ditch effort to save Nikola Jokic's season, the move paid off as interim coach David Adelman squeezed every drop of juice from an expired orange.

G iven how well the Denver Nuggets played since David Adelman took over the head-coaching position on an interim basis, it would pretty surprising if he doesn't get the full-time