One of the ways Finch tries to influence games goes beyond the court. If you follow the NBA long enough, you'll know head coaches occasionally spill their gripes about the officials. Heck, he's done it once already with OKC way back in February when Minnesota shocked the first seed with a 25-point comeback win.

The Oklahoma City beat the Denver Nuggets on Sunday to advance to the Conference Finals, where they will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Thunder were easily the best team in the NBA all season and are the favoirtes to win the NBA Finals, and are led by MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

SportsLine's computer model has revealed three free NBA prop picks for Minnesota vs. Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals in the 2025 NBA Playoffs after evaluating the latest NBA o

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The New York Knicks haven't won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA. The Oklahoma City Thunder franchise has one title in its history, that coming in 1979 when the team called Seattle home. And the Minnesota Timberwolves have never even been to the NBA Finals.

In a recent mock draft on Bleacher Report, Jonathan Wasserman has the Thunder selecting Liam McNeeley, a former five-star UConn product. At 6-foot-7, 210 pounds, Wasserman compared McNeeley to Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray.

For all the misconstruing that happens in these NBA Playoffs, Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets brought out the OKC Thunder team Mark Daigneault recognized.

The 6-foot-5 guard played his role to perfection as the ‘Jokić Stopper’ in Game 7 to help send OKC to the Western Conference Finals.