Despite leading by four at the half, the Wolves were trounced 70-40 in the second half and fell 114-88 in Game 1 Tuesday night. Julius Randle was phenomenal in the first half, but was nowhere to be found in the final 24 minutes.

The Oklahoma City Thunder look to maintain their home-court advantage Thursday night, as they face the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals.

Oklahoma City set the tone for the Western Conference Finals with a 114-88 plundering of the Timberwolves in Game 1. Things weren't quite as easy in Game 2, but the Thunder still beat Minnesota 118-103 behind 38 points from newly-crowned MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.