{"id":469466,"date":"2025-05-29T08:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-thunder-to-the-nba-finals-through-the-front-door\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T08:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:48:19","slug":"the-thunder-to-the-nba-finals-through-the-front-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/the-thunder-to-the-nba-finals-through-the-front-door\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thunder, to the NBA Finals through the front door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sports Desk (USA) (EFE).- The Oklahoma City Thunder won 124-94 against the Minnesota Timberwolves this Wednesday and closed the Western Conference finals 4-1 to become the first team to secure a spot in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/noticias\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA Finals.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/paul-skenes-brilla-desde-la-lomita-y-los-piratas-aplastan-10-1-a-los-diamondbacks\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/paul-skenes-brilla-desde-la-lomita-y-los-piratas-aplastan-10-1-a-los-diamondbacks\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Skenes shines from the mound and the Pirates crush the Diamondbacks 10-1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Thunder, the best team of the regular season with a 68-14 record, await the winner of the series between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks in the Finals, with the former leading 3-1. The NBA Finals will begin on June 5th in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n\n\nOKC will play in its first Finals since 2012 after a dream season in which they achieved the fifth-best record ever in the regular season and in which they eliminated the Memphis Grizzlies (4-0) and the Denver Nuggets (4-3) before their dominance against the Wolves (4-1).\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">LOS CAMPEONES DEL OESTE \u26a1\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NBAPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAPlayoffs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y6jkkRIa3q\">pic.twitter.com\/y6jkkRIa3q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA Latam (@NBALatam) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBALatam\/status\/1927925824138674385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In these &#8216;playoffs&#8217;, the Thunder achieved four victories by more than thirty points difference and reach the Finals as favorites for the ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gilgeous-alexander-volvio-a-dominar\">Gilgeous Alexander volvi\u00f3 a dominar<\/h2>\n\n\nThe MVP Gilgeous Alexander dominated again with 34 points (14 of 25 shooting), seven rebounds, and eight assists. Chet Holmgren scored 22 points and seven rebounds, and Jalen Williams contributed 19 points, eight rebounds, and five assists.\n\nGilgeous Alexander received the Earvin \u2018Magic\u2019 Johnson award for the MVP of the Western Conference Finals.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Thunder were already winning by 33 points at halftime against a Wolves team in which Julius Randle scored 24 points and Anthony Edwards 19, with seven of 18 in field goals and one of seven from the three-point line. The 41% shooting accuracy at the group level left Minnesota with no options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frenchman Rudy Gobert barely scored two points, Jaden McDaniels scored five, while Mike Conley, another starter in Chris Finch&#8217;s lineup, did not contribute any points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-el-dominio-de-okc\">The Domain of OKC<\/h2>\n\n\nIt was a monologue by the Thunder from start to finish. The Thunder took a 17-point lead in a first quarter in which they barely conceded nine points to the Wolves.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minnesota had more turnovers (4) than field goals made (3) and only Edwards and Randle scored points for the visitors, who were outplayed in all facets of the game by OKC. Alex Caruso&#8217;s commitment was exemplary, as he shored up the Thunder&#8217;s defense and competed with commendable aggressiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A three-pointer by Cason Wallace at the buzzer of the first quarter put 17 points between the two franchises, and a 15-6 run at the start of the second quarter increased the lead to 41-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jalen Williams flirted with perfection with thirteen points in the second quarter, Gilgeous Alexander and Holmgren continued to score with ease and OKC returned to the locker room with a spectacular 33-point lead after a final 14-5 run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilgeous Alexander played the twelve minutes of the third period and the Thunder &#8216;doubled&#8217; the Wolves at 71-34. It was already too late when Randle and Edwards stepped up in Minnesota, with thirteen and ten points, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the fourth quarter, the Thunder&#8217;s lead reached 39 points at 122-83 and coach Mike Daigneault was able to take his starters off the court and enjoy the celebration in the stands until the final 124-94 that earned them a spot in the Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Desk (USA) (EFE).- The Oklahoma City Thunder won 124-94 against the Minnesota Timberwolves this Wednesday and closed the Western Conference finals 4-1 to become the first team to secure a spot in the&nbsp;NBA Finals. You may be interested in: Paul Skenes shines from the mound and the Pirates crush the Diamondbacks 10-1 The Thunder, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":469468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[33021,32899,27882,40920],"class_list":["post-469466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-western-ends"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1Y82","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunder-1.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunder-1.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}