The Thunder annulled the Nuggets and got into the western NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder This Sunday became a monologue the seventh game seven of the west semifinals against Denver Nuggets With one Broad Victoria for 125-93 with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Alex Caruso as great protagonists, to fly to the conference finals against Minnesota Timberwolves.

For the first time since 2012, the Thunder got the ticket for the finals of the West Conference. The last time he came to that stage he won in five games against Los Angeles Lakers before falling, also in five games, against Miami Heat in the NBA finals.

At that time the OKC leaders were Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Now it is up to Shai Gilgeous-Alxander to direct a young and hungry franchise of glory, which left the playoffs to the Nuggets, NBA champions in 2023 and guided by a Nikola Jokic that continues in the fight with ‘SGA’ for the MVP of the regular season.

The Thunder completed the picture of the conference finals, which will start on Tuesday with OKC and Wolves in the west and, since Wednesday, New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers in the east.

Gilgeous-Alexander Guio A OKC with 35 points (12 of 19 in field shots and 3 of 4 in triples), to which he added 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 robberies without committing losses.

Chet Holmgren He contributed 13 points and 11 rebounds and sealed his sixth double-double in this postseason, numbers that have not seen themselves for six years, when Russell Westbrook achieved them.

Jalen Williams He put 17 of his 24 points in the first half for Oklahoma City, which had A monumental defensive contribution from Caruso.

The former Lakers and Chicago Bulls limited Jokic, who did not score 20 points, plus 9 rebounds and 7 assists, equally elite numbers, but far from which the Serbian phenomenon usually brings.

Caruso also put 11 points for Thunder, who incorporated him before the start of the season in exchange for Josh Giddey.

The Nuggets finished their campaign dignity, after fighting until the end against a Thunder that dominated the regular series with 68 victories.

His commitment was headed by Aaron Gordon, who gave everything to play despite the injury suffered in the fourth period of the sixth encounter. Gordon contributed 8 points in 24 minutes.

Christian Braun put 19 points and Jamal Murray scored 13.

The meeting began in the best way for Nuggets. Christian Braun put 9 points and Gordon, overlapping pain, scored for 21-10 tas a partial of 10-2.

Jokic, Murray and Braun played everything in the first half and the Nuggets seemed to have the clash under control, but OKC’s reaction was blunt. The Thunder sealed a second stellar period finished 39-20. He started with an 8-0 and closed it with an 18-5 in the last 3 minutes.

The Nuggets suffered with the losses of ball and if they pull Williams marked the way in attack with 17 points, Alex Caruso was the protagonist of a fierce defense to limit Jokic’s power.

The Thunder capitalized with 12 points the 12 balls lost by the Nuggets in the first half and took a valuable 60-46 that left the 2023 champions against the strings.

There was no space for the epic. The advantage of the Thunder reached 25 points in the third period, in which Gilgeous-Alexander led the locals with 11 points.

Jokic only took a shot in the third segment and the Nuggets left their headlines on the court for 2 and a half minutes in the last segment, when the party had already started in OKC.