{"id":14870,"date":"2025-05-23T17:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/nba-play-offs-oklahoma-city-thunder-take-control-of-western-conference-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:42:34","slug":"nba-play-offs-oklahoma-city-thunder-take-control-of-western-conference-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/nba-play-offs-oklahoma-city-thunder-take-control-of-western-conference-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA play-offs: Oklahoma City Thunder take control of Western Conference finals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-103 to open up a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.<\/b><\/p>\n

Fresh from being crowned as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player of the season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander top-scored for Thunder with 38 points.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander, who contributed 31 points during Wednesday’s victory in game one of the best-of-seven series,<\/a> also added eight assists and three rebounds as he scored at least 30 points for the fifth successive play-off game.<\/p>\n

“We did a good job of coming out first half, getting the lead, holding it and then extending it in the third and finishing it through the fourth quarter,” Oklahoma’s Alex Caruso said.<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards impressed for the Timberwolves with 32 points, six assists and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves will attempt to gain a foothold in the series when they host the third game on Sunday at 01:30 BST.<\/p>\n

Minnesota have lost just one of their past 10 games at Target Center in Minneapolis, although Oklahoma have won two of their past three visits.<\/p>\n

“Every minute in the series is a chance to find something,” said Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch. <\/p>\n

“So we’re going to go back home and fight for game three and heads up, look at the tape and get ready.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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