Timberwolves thrash Thunder to cut decifit

The Minnesota Timberwolves won the NBA Western Conference play-off finals by defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101.

At Target Center in Minneapolis, Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle both scored 24 points, setting a club record for points scored in a play-off game.

The best-of-seven series, which continues at the same location on Tuesday at 11:30 BST, ends with them trailing 2-1.

“We brought high energy, and we brought it,” the saying goes.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored a total of 69 points in the first two games before being named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), managed just 14 at the end of the week.

He claimed that “we got punched in the mouth.”

“We simply didn’t have it,” he said. They sensed a sense of urgency because they knew that if they fell to 3-3, things would be pretty difficult.

It’s all about responding, not getting back up. The next challenge will be that. “

Only one of the Timberwolves’ previous 11 games at Target Center was lost.

In the NBA Finals, the Western Conference champions will face either the New York Knicks or the Indiana Pacers.

Before game three in Indianapolis at 1:00 a.m. BST on Monday, the Pacers had a 2-0 lead.