Thunder Triumph in Game 7 vs. Nuggets, Reach Conference Finals

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00:00a critical game seven yesterday afternoon in oklahoma city to decide our final spot in the

00:06conference finals out west featuring the number one seed in the western conference for a second

00:12straight year the thunder but could this thunder core take a step they had not could this thunder

00:18core use their new playoff experience and growth to capitalize on the moment will the nba champions

00:25from just two seasons ago show their might albeit on the road and as a hefty underdog it was oklahoma

00:32city and all okc yesterday in game number seven a 32 point win for the thunder 125 93 oklahoma city

00:43comfortably cruises to a cover as an eight and a half point home favorite a total of 214 albeit in

00:50a game seven does sky to the over in the rs we have learned a lot about this thunder core i would

00:57say throughout this highly competitive second round set against the nugs and we learned even more

01:04yesterday in game seven not a great start for oklahoma city denver had an 11 point lead 21 to 10

01:10with just over four minutes remaining in that first quarter the nuggets led by five at the end of that

01:16opening stanza and basically from that point it was all oklahoma city a huge second quarter a double

01:23digit lead leading by 14 at the break in the thunder cruise in the second half to get back to the western

01:29conference finals for the first time since 2016 68 win team in the regular season okc and again this is

01:37why you fight to get these games on your home court you don't want to be an elevation in denver trying to

01:41win a game number seven you want to be home in front of okc fans that were going nuts yesterday

01:46wearing all blue in the stands now understand this too you look at okc and i like the first

01:51round that they had it was a sweep but you know what else i like even more when you have to face

01:54adversity and you surpass that adversity and you're not even into the western conference finals yet

01:59that's what you got denver's got the heart of a champion as you said they won just a few short

02:04years ago a world championship you have them in game number seven with arguably the best player in

02:08the world nikola jokic and you shut the door on them and also even in the game you faced it early on

02:13it's very easy for a young team that's not really used to winning or advancing deep into the playoffs

02:17you're down 10 points in game number seven right off the bat you said oh no jokic gonna have one

02:22of those games 40 and 20 there's nothing we can do to stop him aaron gordon's out here on one leg are

02:26you kidding me this guy's going to beat us here and you quickly slam that door in the second quarter

02:31with a 39 to 20 lead and then the second half you didn't give any life to denver by winning that period

02:36by 11 points as well i was impressed from what i saw out of okc and also breaking through the glass

02:41ceiling with 35 points was sga did a lot of other players absolutely step up that was probably the

02:47most shocking thing in the game number seven that he crossed over that 33 34 point threshold but also

02:52shout out my guy russell westbrook who played 22 minutes ben and finished a minus 34 here trying

02:58to show up the home crowd like you know what i'm going to be the villain he wasn't the villain

03:02yesterday okc easy over the denver nuggets