Okcs thundering 3. Quarters with 2-0 series manager recharge

Through two Western Conference Finals games, we saw incredibly similar screenplays and performances in favor of Oklahoma City. A competitive fight in the first half of every competition, followed by a somewhat sluggish opening in third quarters, which can only be described as calm before the thunderstorm.

Even in one night in which Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received his first Michael Jordan MVP trophy from Commissioner Adam Silver in front of the top-off, OKCS quickly put the deafening cheers of the PayCom center behind to gather and ensure that they are 2-0 for games.

The first half on Thursday, which we saw on Tuesday, was very similar when both troops swapped blows with playoff intensity in an incredible environment. With a little less than five minutes before half -time, SGA put the thunder on his back by scoring her last 11 points. His 3 pointer with a 16 second ahead gave OKC an 8-point advantage during the break, and they would ride this shock wave of the swing in the next 12 minutes of the campaign.

In the middle of the third, the thunder had a lead of 68-63 when the wolves had an early 13-10 point edge out of the break. In the last six minutes, SGA and Jalen Williams helped a 25: 8 run to jump into the fourth quarter to a lead of 93: 71 that they would not give up.

After two games, the Thunder exceeded the wolves 67-39 in the third quarter thanks to the timely shot production and the suffocating defense. In game 1, OKC used a 20-6 run via the last 7:20 of this frame to transform a 4-point deficit into a double-digit lead. They are now an average of 33.5 points to 59.1% FG / 40.0% 3P / 81.8% FT shooting interprilation and a +14 plus minus rating in the WCF.

Before the conference finale, Minnesota was the team that would consistently break out in the second half of the games. In these ten competitions, the wolves sat up 29.1 points to 51.4% FG / 39.0% 3P / 75.0% FT splits. On average, they do justice to the thunder 19.5 points During shooting a total of 30.8% and 15.8% behind the ARC together with 4.0 sales that give them a -57.1 Netto -Rating.

The adjustments of coach Mark Daignault and the leadership of SGA are two massive reasons why Oklahoma City has the best net assessment (15.5) and the lowest share of sales (9.3) in third quarters. The relentless defense also played more than its role. The two teams with which the thunder was exposed to the first two rounds, Denver and Memphis, took the 14th and 16th place in the share of sales. Minnesota has an average of 16.5 TOS in the WCF, good for A 16.3% Relationship.

This dominance indicator made OKC possible to keep the gas with a killer mentality on the gasoline. This spiritual hardness, especially with all the incredible comebacks that we saw in the 2025 playoffs, was the differentiator in this series. If the thunder on Saturday in Minnesota can maintain the same calm, cool and collected behavior in game 3 (in Minnesota (8:30, ABC), You will be in first-class position in this series to take over a 3-0 lead.