Perkins talked up the matchup between Anthony Edwards and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. According to the former Boston Celtics center, he believes Edwards will be playing with a chip on his shoulder, especially if Gilgeous-Alexander is announced as the league MVP.

The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Minnesota Timberwolves to open the Western Conference finals. The Thunder and Timberwolves tied the regular season series 2-2.

The Timberwolves are built to win now and later, but this version of the team might be their best shot to win it all.

Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals tips off on Tuesday night, and bettors and NBA fans have a very intriguing matchup ahead of them. The Minnesota Timberwo

The NBA’s conference finals feature four relatively fresh faces in Minnesota, Oklahoma City, New York and Indiana.

In the first round, the Thunder opened with a 51-point win over the Grizzlies, but dropped Game 1 to Denver after fading late. Minnesota had a six-day layoff before each of its first two series, winning Game 1 vs. the Los Angeles Lakers and dropping Game 1 to Golden State. The Timberwolves won each series in five games.

Two years ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves met in the play-in tournament to determine which would get the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

Get to know if Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is playing against the Minnesota Timberwolves today at the WCF?

It was a slug fest, a messy, muddy, grind-it-out series. Eventually, the Oklahoma City Thunder survived the Denver Nuggets in a best-of-7 set that went the dist

The NBA's Conference Finals are set, with the Oklahoma City Thunder taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference and the New York Knicks facing the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference.