On Tuesday, the Thunder switched it up and went with Oklahoma-born singer Ben Rector. He played piano while singing, and it was top-notch. The Thunder is 2-0 in series where Big Rob opens. There is no such track record with Rector. His grade will go up if this series’ result is similar.

Oklahoma City Thunder defenders piled into the paint, disrupting Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves offense in a blowout victory to open the Western Conference finals.

Perhaps we forgot how good the Thunder can be. After blowing an early lead, the Timberwolves try to even the series in Game 2 on Thursday.

On Tuesday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves will face off in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Oklahoma City narrowly escape

The Thunder were the best team in the NBA all season for a reason. They harass you physically on both ends of the floor, with relentless defensive ball pressure and a constant attacking of the rim on offense.

Oklahoma City’s come-from-behind triumph made ESPN sportscaster Kendrick Perkins change his predictions on the series. During Wednesday’s episode of ESPN’s “Get Up,” Perkins, 40, said after watching Game 1 on Tuesday that the Timberwolves are in trouble because the Thunder didn’t play great in his opinion.