The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the second round in the NBA Playoffs. The Thunder have to win to save its season but the battle-tested Nuggets want a trip to the Western Conference Finals.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Western Conference Finals preview: X-Factor, matchups, prediction.

The Minnesota Timberwolves head to Oklahoma City for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. With Anthony Edwars and SGA facing off in the playoffs for the first time, legacies are on the line, as well as a trip to the NBA Finals.

At the conclusion of Thursday's action, the highest-ranked player among that aforementioned trio of stars was Scheffler (-2), who is tied for 20th. DeChambeau battled his way to even, and McIlroy (+3) had a disastrous outing. McIlroy will just be fighting to make the cut on Friday.

Whether fatigue resurfaces in Game 7 could be a hidden X-factor. Despite battling illness, Jamal Murray scored 25 points to lead the Denver Nuggets past the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-107 on ...

All that because the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma Thunder couldn’t figure a way to eliminate one another through six games of this intense conference semifinal. So here they are in a Game 7 ...

Alexander's 35 points and a team-wide defensive effort drive Oklahoma City to its first conference finals appearance in nearly a decade.

All in all, the Thunder — who overcame a double-digit deficit early on — deserve immense credit for getting the Game 7 job done. Gilgeous-Alexander, who admitted that nerves were a factor ...