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The 60th goal win is tied by the Warriors by double digits! Yali is 30+ in the first two games of the Western Conference Finals, competing with Curry for 15 years

3:25pm, 23 May 2025【Basketball】

The Thunder defeated the Timberwolves 118-103 at home today, leading 2-0 with a big score, and winning another game can get the match point. It is worth mentioning that the Timberwolves fell behind 0-2 7 times in the history of the playoffs, and eventually lost all the series. It is highly likely that it will be difficult to turn the defeat into victory in this round of series.

This season's regular season, the Thunder have achieved a total of 68 wins and 14 losses, and have also achieved a record of 10 wins and 3 losses so far in the playoffs, and have only lost to the Nuggets in three games in the second round. The Thunder have won a total of 78 games this season, including 60 of which have netted double-digit numbers, tying the NBA historical record set by the Warriors in the 16-17 season, and are expected to set a new record next.

The Thunder made only 6 mistakes today, and the Timberwolves made 14 times. In the first two games of the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder scored a total of 53 points by making mistakes, while the Timberwolves only used the Thunder's mistakes to score 20 points, which was very obvious, which is also an important reason why the Timberwolves fell behind 0-2. So far in the playoffs, the Thunder have also controlled their mistakes very well, with a total of 91 fewer than their opponents, which has also set a historical record for the playoffs. And it is worth mentioning that the teams that were previously ranked in the top four in history eventually won the championship.

Alexander, who just won his first MVP in his career, participated in the Western Conference Finals for the first time and performed very well. Although he felt bad in the first game, he also scored 31 points. Today he played 41 minutes, made 12 of 2 shots, 12 of 2 three-pointers, 13 of 15 free throws, and scored 38 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals.

In the first two games of the Western Conference Finals, Alexander scored 31 points and 38 points respectively, becoming the second point guard in history to score 30+ in the first two division finals of his career, comparable to Curry in 2015. Curry participated in the Western Conference Finals for the first time at that time, and scored 34 and 33 points in the first two games respectively. Alexander averaged 34.5 points, 4 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 3 steals per game in the first two games of the Western Conference Finals. As long as the Thunder can successfully eliminate the Timberwolves, Alexander is undoubtedly the MVP of the Western Conference Finals. It is worth mentioning that in the first two games, Alexander both received double-digit free throws, with a total of 29 free throws, including 11 of 14 free throws in the first game and 13 of 15 free throws.

Alexander has also scored 30+ in the last five games, averaging 33.4 points per game, and has a lot of offensive firepower. In the history of the Thunder playoffs, only Westbrook scored 30+ in four consecutive games. Now Alexander has set a new team record and hopes to continue to refresh.