They will now face the Minnesota Timberwolves, a team that dismissed the Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the first round, in the Western Conference Finals. One key factor in Oklahoma City's triumph over the Nuggets was guard Alex Caruso.

Caruso stepped up in the Thunder's 125-93 Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets. He finished with 11 points and three steals, but his one-on-one defense against Nikola Jokic swung the game to the home squad's favor.

On Sunday afternoon, the Thunder officially punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals, issuing Denver a 125-93 beatdown in Game 7. As one of the fin

Denver Nuggets fans are up in arms after officials allowed Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso to play on against Nikola Jokic

For the first time in nearly a decade, the OKC Thunder is headed to the Western Conference finals. To get there, it took surviving the Denver Nuggets.

In a climactic head-to-head battle between the league's MVP frontrunners, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic found himself hounded by the Thunder's Alex Caruso all ga