Alexander's 35 points and a team-wide defensive effort drove Oklahoma City to its first conference finals appearance in a decade.

The Oklahoma City Thunder blitzed the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series in a 125-93 victory.

The Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets from the NBA Playoffs on Sunday with a 125-93 win at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The big picture: Oklahoma City secured a 4-3 series win against the Nuggets and will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.

The Nuggets have identified by their continuity for years. As their season ended in Oklahoma City, it was with the understanding that times might be changing.

The Oklahoma City Thunder did what they needed to do. They beat the Denver Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7 on Sunday, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2016 and for the ...

"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, he showed why he's MVP," Michael Malone said Tuesday during an appearance on ESPN's postgame coverage when discussing the Oklahoma City Thunder's 114-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to the conference finals. After a 125-93 win in Game 7 of their second-round series against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, they will host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the OKC Thunder is headed to the Western Conference finals. To get there, it took surviving the Denver Nuggets.

After a seven-game series loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs, the Denver Nuggets' season is over.