Chet Holmgren

For a few wild minutes, San Antonio looked ready to turn the Western Conference Finals into a Spurs revival meeting. Frost Bank Center was roaring, the Thunder were wobbling, and …

Stephen A. Smith did not need a complicated thesis after Game 1. He watched Victor Wembanyama rip open the Western Conference Finals, watched Oklahoma City throw different bodies at him, …

Victor Wembanyama did not just arrive in the Western Conference Finals. He bent the whole stage around himself. In a Game 1 classic in Oklahoma City, the San Antonio Spurs …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received the MVP trophy. Then he made sure his teammates received something too. After winning his second straight NBA Most Valuable Player award, the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar …

Oklahoma City beat Los Angeles 115-110 in Game 4, completing a sweep of the Lakers and advancing to the Western Conference Finals with a perfect 8-0 record in these playoffs. …

For one half, the Lakers made Game 2 feel like a real series. For one half, Austin Reaves was cooking, LeBron James was still LeBron James, and Los Angeles had …

Kendrick Perkins may still be waiting on breakfast with Oprah and Beyoncé, but after Game 1, his Lakers-Thunder prediction did not look quite as ridiculous. Oklahoma City beat Los Angeles …

The Oklahoma City Thunder did not leave Phoenix any room for a miracle. In Game 4, the defending champions finished their first-round sweep with a 131-122 win over the Suns, …

Big men usually dominate Defensive Player of the Year discussions and often end up winning the award. Non-bigs don’t take home the honor as frequently, though Marcus Smart’s win in …