The Oklahoma City Thunder overwhelmed the Minnesota Timberwolves during the third quarter of Thursday's 118-103 win to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. OKC's eight-point halftime lead swelled to 22 by the start of the final frame,

The Oklahoma City Thunder took a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals, defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves by the final score of 118-103 in Game 2 on Thursday.

NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was shoved from behind in the final minutes of Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals on Thursday night.

THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER You don't go 68-14 in the regular season by accident, and you don't go up 2-0 in the Western Conference finals in dominant fashion by accident. The Thunder's dominance is years in the making,

Oklahoma City set the tone for the Western Conference Finals with a 114-88 plundering of the Timberwolves in Game 1. Things weren't quite as easy in Game 2, but the Thunder still beat Minnesota 118-103 behind 38 points from newly-crowned MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

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Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic were the only two players voted first or second, with SGA getting 71 first-place votes.

NBA official Scott Foster was bloodied on Thursday night during Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Thunder and Timberwolves.