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A few moments after accepting the Most Valuable Player award, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stepped onto the court and left no doubt that he truly deserves to be the NBA’s most outstanding individual. Gilgeous-Alexander had another explosive game, finishing with 38 points and carrying the Oklahoma Thunder halfway to the NBA Finals by leading his team to…

Game 1 of the Western Conference finals series between Oklahoma and Minnesota was anti-climatic and the Thunder proved they’re a better team while announcing their aspirations of winning their first ever NBA crown. With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the team coming in all locked in, the Thunder were impossible to stop in scoring…

In the end, it was the Oklahoma Thunder’s stifling defense which proved to be the difference in deciding which team will make it to the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder forced the Denver Nuggets to commit 22 turnovers and Oklahoma capitalized using their scrappy players to finish the job done on their way to a…

It took 25 years before the New York Knicks made their way back to the Eastern Conference finals and there’s no fitting way to return than to beat the reigning NBA champions Boston Celtics. The Celtics felt the absence of Jayson Tatum in Game 6 and the Knicks took advantage, finishing off their rivals with…

The Minnesota Timberwolves did the perfect way to end their Western Conference semifinals showdown with the Golden State Warriors — win it at home. On Thursday, the Timberwolves did just that by finishing off the Warriors, 121-110, in Game 5 and advance to the championship round of the Western Division for the second straight season.…

Orphaned by its top gun, Jayson Tatum, who was sidelined by an Achilles injury, the Boston Celtics returned home determined to keep the fight going and didn’t let their ailing superstar and their fans disappointed. Derrick White and Jaylen Brown combined for 60 points while the rest of the Celtics came out ready to play…

Tyrese Haliburton had silenced critics who claimed he was overrated and on Wednesday, he was business as usual in wrapping up the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Haliburton finished with 31 points, including six three-point shots, while dishing out eight assists in leading the Pacers to finish…

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the Oklahoma Thunder are just one win away from the Western Conference finals. This happened after the Thunder came out stronger in the fourth quarter of Game 5, where they outscored the Denver Nuggets, 34-19, to take the 112-105 win and move on threshold of advancing to the Western…

The Golden State Warriors are now on the brink of elimination as they found no answer to the Minnesota Timberwoves’ 1-2 punch of Julius Randle and Anthony Edwards, who gave them a double barrel headache in Game 4. Randle produced 31 points while Edwards scattered 30 markers as the duo led the Timberwolves to a…

Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals series between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics took a dramatic turn when star forward Jayson Tatum went down in an extreme amount of pain, while clutching his Achilles, about three minutes left in the match. Basketball fans were worried about the condition of Tatum, the…