In the series, Shai Gilgius-Alexander scored 40 points to put Oklahoma City Thunder against Timberwalves by 3-1.
In the Western Conference Finals Game 4 in the Western Conference Final, the Oklahoma City Thunder escaped with a 128-126 win over Timberwolves, scoring 40 points and scoring nine rebounds and denied 10 Assists.
Jalen Williams added 34 points to Oklahoma City’s 13-For-24 shooting, leading 3-1 in the best-seven series. Chet Halmgren finished 21 points in the 9 -For -14 shooting.
Gilgius-Alexander won the final 15 seconds and drowned 5 of the 6 Free Throw attempts on Monday night.
Nickkeel Alexander-Walker scored 23 points from the bench to lead the Minnesota. Jaden Mc Daniels gave 22 points, and Donte Divinsenzo finished from the bench by 21 points.
The series will return to Oklahoma City for Game 5 on Wednesday night, where it will have the opportunity to close the Thunder series and make the NBA final progress.
Both teams fought in the final minutes as Thunder was expelling the Timberwalves’ comeback attempt.
Gilgius-Alexander demonstrated his athleticism because Williams found him for a 3-pointer from the Left, which remains 3:34 in 116-109. The 1.98 meter (6 feet 6in) was falling on the guard drama, and he slid the pass between the McC Daniels legs opened to Williams.
Williams returned to the lead when he hit another 3-pointer, to go with 1:21 on the thunder 123-116.
Thanks to Timberwolves Mc Daniels, he driving on the left is a driving layup on the left and 23.1 seconds with a 3-pointer. The subsequent Hoop Thunder cut the lead to 123-121.
Both teams exchanged free throws in the final seconds.
Thunder took 128-125 when Anthony entered the Edwards Free Throw Line with 3.5 seconds pending. Edwards made the first attempt and deliberately missed a second attempt, but the Gilgius-Alexander chased the recurrence and expelled a long pass to stop the clock with 0.3 seconds.
William Julius Randal blocked his incoming path as time was over.
Oklahoma City took a 90-85 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Timberwalves scored 8-0 and reduced their deficit to 77-76 and remained five minutes in the third. Divinsenzo buried a 3-pointer from the left corner to pause the run.
Gilgius-Alexander gave its team a 79-76 lead, with Thunder responding to the next acquisition at 4:41 in the quarter.
The Minnesota is half-65-57. Edwards had only four points before the break, and he finished the game with 16 points in a 5 -for -13 shooting. He made only 1-of-7 attempts from the 3-point range.
