Thunder take control of the Timberwolves with 118: 103!

Thunder take control of the Timberwolves with 118: 103!

Minneapolis, USA - On May 23, 2025, the Oklahoma City Thunder won the second game of the Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves with 118 to 103 and thus expanded the series to 2-0. This game took place in front of a home crowd in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder as the best team of the Regular Season started the playoffs. With 38 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander contributed most points to victory and confirmed his role as a match winner with this performance. This performance underlines why he recently received the MVP award of the NBA.

In the game, Oklahoma City was able to break away during the third quarter and was in the meantime with 24 points ahead. Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams also made important contributions, with 22 and 26 points. The Timberwolves showed an improved offensive performance compared to the first game, but still had to give up.

performance of the timberwolves

Anthony Edwards was the best scorer of the Timberwolves with 32 points, but only achieved one of nine attempts from the three-point line. Julius Randle fought against it and only got six points. The Timberwolves have a difficult start in the series and have to win in the upcoming game in the Target Center to keep their hopes for the final.

Another remarkable moment was that Edwards is now the all-time leading playoff scorer of the Timberwolves and overtaken Kevin Garnett with its 1,051 points. However, the team had difficulty completion and only hit 41.4 percent of their throws and 28.2 percent from the triple line, which led to 14 ball losses that resulted in 22 points for Thunder.

series details and outlook

The next encounter of the series takes place in Minneapolis on Sunday, May 26th. The entire team will be under pressure to rotate the series. Statistically speaking, teams that win the first two games in a best-of-Seven series win the series in 92.2 percent of the cases. Laola1 reports that the upcoming games will take place on May 28, May 30th and a possible game 7 on June 1st is due, if necessary.

This situation presents the Timberwolves a major challenge, while Thunder continues to build on their chances of success in the NBA finals. Further information and statistics about the playoffs are available on kicker.de