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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a playoff career-high 40 points arsenic the Oklahoma City Thunder staved disconnected the Minnesota Timberwolves 4th fourth comeback effort connected Monday.
The precocious crowned NBA MVP besides had 10 rebounds and 9 assists successful Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder's 128-126 triumph connected Sunday nighttime pushed the T'Wolves to the brink of elimination.
The Thunder volition instrumentality a commanding 3-1 pb to their location tribunal connected Wednesday erstwhile the bid shifts backmost to Oklahoma City.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder passes the shot against Mike Conley #10 of the Minnesota Timberwolves during the archetypal 4th successful Game Four of the Western Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Target Center connected May 26, 2025 successful Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Jalen Williams scored 34 points, portion Chet Holmgren added 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks successful a connection crippled successful his hometown that helped the Thunder clasp disconnected respective pushes by the T'Wolves to necktie the series.
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Gilgeous-Alexander made a brace of escaped throws with 6.1 seconds near to agelong the Thunder's pb backmost to three.
May 26, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves defender Anthony Edwards (5) shoots the shot against Oklahoma City Thunder defender Luguentz Dort (5) successful the archetypal fractional during crippled 4 of the occidental league finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Target Center. (Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images)
OKC fouled Anthony Edwards with 3.5 seconds remaining, and his intentional miss of the 2nd escaped propulsion to effort to support possession was tracked down successful the country by Gilgeous-Alexander and flung retired of bounds successful an effort to drain the clock.
Minnesota had 1 much inbounds walk with 0.3 seconds remaining that Williams grabbed, arsenic the Thunder took different measurement towards the NBA Finals.
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Edwards was constricted to 16 points, and Julius Randle was besides bottled up by the Thunder's relentless defense. Randle finished Game 4 with conscionable 5 points.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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