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Imagn Images The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are the two teams left standing in the West. The Thunder and Wolves are meeting in the Western Conference finals with both sides looking for a long-awaited NBA Finals appearance. Oklahoma City has not been to the NBA Finals since 2012, while the Timberwolves have no … Read more
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar Mark Daigneault on Alex Caruso defending Jokic: “The volume of it today was a result of how effective it was. He did an unbelievable job… If you’re putting a 6’5 guard on a player like that, you need relentless help. It truly is team defense…” – 6:22 PM
Getty Images The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are meeting once again in the playoffs, and this time there is an NBA finals berth on the line. The New York-Indiana postseason rivalry gets its newest chapter in the 2025 Eastern Conference finals, as one team will make the NBA Finals for the first time … Read more
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar Gotta give huge props to the Denver Nuggets. Fired their coach and GM a week before the playoffs, MPJ played with a bad shoulder and Aaron Gordon gutted out a Game 7 with a grade II hamstring. And this was an even series through 6 games. Nikola Jokic and this team are … Read more
The second round wrapped up in the 2025 NBA playoffs on Sunday, and the conference finals are set: Thunder vs. Timberwolves in the West and Knicks vs. Pacers in the East. The West finals kick off Tuesday, with Game 1 of the East finals following on Wednesday. In the West, the Thunder ousted the Nuggets … Read more
May 18, 2025, 06:20 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder grew up on Sunday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Jalen Williams added 24 and the Thunder rolled into the Western Conference finals, beating the Denver Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7. The top-seeded Thunder will host the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves starting Tuesday. It’s … Read more
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar Gotta give huge props to the Denver Nuggets. Fired their coach and GM a week before the playoffs, MPJ played with a bad shoulder and Aaron Gordon gutted out a Game 7 with a grade II hamstring. And this was an even series through 6 games. Nikola Jokic and this team are … Read more
Trae Young may not have faced the New York Knicks this postseason, but he still found a way to troll his familiar foes. Editor’s Picks During Sunday’s Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets, the Atlanta Hawks guard took to X with a subtle jab at Knicks fans. He complimented Thunder fans … Read more
The Nuggets have increasingly played zone defense throughout this series to challenge Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as a driver. It has taken various forms, from 2-3 to 1-3-1 to a metamorphosis into man defense mid-possession. At its simplest, Jokic has been tasked with playing quarterback for the two defenders up top. “Bigs are always in … Read more
Think of the Cleveland Cavaliers right now. They won 64 games. They had the second-best offense in NBA history and the Defensive Player of the Year. They swept their first-round series by 122 combined points. But they made 10 fewer 3s than the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of their second-round series. Game 2 was … Read more
The Nuggets have increasingly played zone defense throughout this series to challenge Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as a driver. It has taken various forms, from 2-3 to 1-3-1 to a metamorphosis into man defense mid-possession. At its simplest, Jokic has been tasked with playing quarterback for the two defenders up top. “Bigs are always in … Read more
When the Boston Celtics were eliminated by the New York Knicks on Friday, 2025 became the sixth straight NBA postseason in which the defending champ has failed to advance past the second round. It was the latest bullet point in the current study that is NBA parity, raising questions about how it’s happening and whether … Read more