The T’Wolves held the Thunder scoreless for nearly five minutes, ripping off a 25-5 run. The Timberwolves grabbed their largest lead of the series in that opening frame. They forced five turnovers from OKC, while out-rebounding them, 14-8.

The Oklahoma City Thunder were destroyed in a 143-101 Game 3 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was the worst loss of their playoff run and likely won't get topped the rest of the way. Besides scoring the first four points,

Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said pregame his team was expecting a "haymaker" from the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were facing a 2-0 series deficit heading into Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Saturday night.

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 143-101 to claim their first win of the NBA Western Conference play-off finals.

The Florida Panthers are a confident group, and it was on full display as they erupted for a five-goal third period and pushed the Carolina Hurricanes to the brink of elimination with a 6-2 Game 3 victory in the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night.

There was an Aaron Gordon game winner in Game 1. There was a bad fourth-quarter stretch in Game 3. There was an improbable run of shots from Denver guard Julian Strawther in Game 6 that clinched a Game 7.

SportsLine's model simulated Oklahoma City vs. Minnesota 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Saturday's 2025 Western Conference finals matchup

Down 0–2 in the best-of-seven series, the 23-year-old put his team on his back to start Saturday night's game three, scoring 20 points on 8 for 11 shooting in the first half while also hauling in eight rebounds and—most importantly—building a 31-point, 72–41 lead over the Thunder.