Thunder-Timberwolves: OKC defeat Minnesota in Game 5 to reach NBA finals | Basketball News

Oklahoma City Thunder closed out the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 and advanced to their first NBA finals since 2012.

Even before the basket went in, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander spread his arms wide to his side in celebration.

Cason Wallace left his right arm high in the air, just waiting for the ball to drop through the basket.

Soon enough, inevitably, it did.

Wallace’s corner 3-pointer at the buzzer was the exclamation point on a dominant first quarter for Gilgeous-Alexander and the…