OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) 鈥� Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder will host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday.
The Thunder, who won a league-best 68 games in the regular season to claim the top seed, can validate that success with a victory. Oklahoma City lost to Dallas in the conference semifinals last year as the No. 1 seed and doesn't want a repeat.
The Thunder face a Denver squad that won the NBA title in 2023 and this year.
The winner advances to play Minnesota in the Western Conference finals, starting Tuesday.
Denver interim coach David Adelman said Aaron Gordon, a key player for Denver throughout the playoffs, . ESPN reports that he is 鈥渉ighly improbable鈥� to play. He is listed as questionable on the injury report. Gordon hit the and has averaged 14.5 points and 9.2 rebounds in the series.
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Cliff Brunt, The Associated Press
