The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are the two teams left standing in the West. The Thunder and Wolves are meeting in the Western Conference finals with both franchises looking for a long-awaited NBA Finals appearance.

The Timberwolves are underdogs in the West final, but it's them, not the Thunder, who have been here before. How much will that experience matter?

Anthony Edwards got hit with a fine for using profanity after the Timberwolves lost Game 1 against the Thunder.

After the first game of the Western Conference semifinals against Golden State, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complained about all the fouling, shoving, holding and pushing officials allowed the undersized Warriors against center Rudy Gobert.

Green and Steph Curry have talked about wanting to spend their entire careers with the Warriors, who lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2025 playoffs in five games. All signs point toward Curry and Green retiring with Golden State.

They were considered underdogs by plenty of people in both of their first two playoff series. But they have made it to the Western Conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even though they lost Game 1,

The OKC Thunder began the Western Conference finals with a Game 1 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Here are five takeaways.

The Minnesota Timberwolves must solve Oklahoma City’s ‘AAU’ defense to avoid a 2-0 deficit in the Western Conference finals. Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards used the term to describe Oklahoma City's young,