Oklahoma City Thunder crushes Minnesota at the beginning of the West Final Basketball Sport
The West final begins in half of the gas. Oklahoma City Thunder came from the back to keep the starting game for the series against Minnesota Timberolves. Al-Raad, the first place for the conference in the normal season, achieved a majestic performance during the second half to conclude a comfortable victory for more than 20 points (114-88). Shai Gilgeous-Elexander, who was still waiting to know whether MVP was in the 2024-2025 campaign was voted, and the great engine of the attack was 31 points, and 20 of them in the second half. On Thursday, the second match will be played.
Minnesota Timberlovs began a great start thanks to Julius Randel, who seemed to be jumping to court ready to defeat Oklahoma at home without the help of anyone else. Energy striker made five out of six times in the first half for 20 points, while the rest of his teammates went with 28. In the elimination of Golden State. With 28 points, the night was closed by Minnesota problems in in -depth shots. They only put 15 out of 51 times (29 %).
The beginning of Timberwolves was positive, even after she suffered from intimidation, he made Anthony Edwards leave the court for several minutes after wrapping the ankle in a jump. He returned soon and it seems that he did not cause the rest of the game. Edwards scored only 18 points (3-5 three times), as he was the second lowest degree of these qualifiers after 15 marks in the fifth match against Lakers, in the first round.
Minnesota arrived in the West Final. Instead, Oklahoma had only 24 hours of rest after liquidating Sunday in The same stadium in front of Denver. This may have affected the rhythm of the first minutes, which passed in half a gas in the first rooms. The teams seemed to measure themselves and bet on the defensive places more than unleash the attack that brought them to these cases near the heroic conflict.
It is very difficult to stop thunder, as I have already shown with nuggets, once lethal leave. The team scored only 44 points in the first rooms. In the second half, they were 70 thanks to the explosion of their powerful men: Gallin Williams (19 points and 5 robbery) and Chit Holmegrin (15 points and 2 theft).
Oklahoma managed to respond to the third quarter, when his fans pressed the team after the slow first part in which they found barely basket. After the break, the thunder, which fell on the results plate at all meeting, changed the narration that recently found the rhythm of that 68 wins and only 14 losses in the campaign. In the period, they had two parts of 17-2 on the amazing wolves.
Shai Gilgeous-Elexander looked more comfortable inside the area, and sometimes he shines in front of his cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walker, accompanying Timberwolves. The Canadian star scored only one basket in the first half (and seven free throws). After the break, on the other hand, his hands passed 20 points from his team, either by writing it or giving passes (he had 9 assists).
Oklahoma has started to show the wood that could take it to the championship. The end of the game was an offensive feast in which almost all thunder players scored. Striker Kenrich Williams, for example, came from the bank to celebrate three times from these qualifiers. Of the 13 players they had minutes on Tuesday, only two remained in scratch. Oklahoma showed its depth with 32 points that alternative players contributed. In the head Alex Caroso was always reliable, with nine and Williams, with eight. Three times lower than their competitors, only 21 rounds. But they were more efficient, with 11 rounds (52 %). On Thursday, wolves will have the opportunity to prevent the series from waking up.
