The Thunder shot a blazing 61.9 percent from the field in the second half, including 61.5 percent from beyond the 3-point line. Meanwhile, the stunned Timberwolves made just 35 percent of their shots in the final 24 minutes, including a woeful 21.7 percent from beyond the arc.

A hard-fought series ended in a laugher of a finale on Sunday, as the Oklahoma City Thunder blasted the shorthanded Denver Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams led the way with 35 and 24 points,

The Minnesota Timberwolves had a lot of things they didn’t want to do when they played the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals Tuesday night. But the Thunder made the Wolves do them anyway.