The score was already out of hand midway through the second quarter, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recognized the opening in Minnesota's drop pick-and-roll coverage and rose up at the elbow for the type of mid-range jumper Oklahoma City feasted on over the first two games of the Western Conference finals.

On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Vince and James Edwards react to the Oklahoma City Thunder taking a commanding 3-1 lead against the Minnesota Timberwolves, a pivotal Game 4 in the Knicks-Pacers series,

The Wolves threw a hell of a Game 4 punch, but didn’t land enough down the stretch for the series to expand to a 3-1 gap

As excruciating as the most lopsided playoff loss in franchise history was for the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was pretty easy to explain. After winning the first two games of the Western Conference finals,

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Timberwolves coach Chris Finch walked into the locker room after Minnesota’s Game 1 defeat at the hands of the Thunder to open the Western Conference Finals and told his team the good news: Now they know what it looks like.

"Our resolve in that series is what got sharpened," coach Mark Daigneault said, adding, "Now we have a different challenge."