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After winning the 2024-25 MVP award, Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave his teammates gift bags worth $10,000, including Chet Holmgren. Then, during his postgame media availability following Thursday's 15-point win, a reporter asked Holmgren what seeing Gilgeous-Alexander win MVP meant to him.
One of the biggest topics of conversation, however, centered on head coach Chris Finch's decision to bench Julius Randle in the fourth quarter amid the three-time All-Star's off night.
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is getting criticized for declining to speak to the media after a Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Through two games of the Western Conference finals, the toxicity of the Thunder’s all-time defense has bubbled for the Timberwolves.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could've had an off night after all the MVP hoopla. Instead, the Thunder superstar 'came ready to play' in Game 2 vs the Wolves.