Recovery Test for OKC as Cousins Collide

Thunder face Timberwolves with less rest; Gilgeous-Alexander puts aside family ties

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OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Thunder had plenty of time off ahead of their first two National Basketball Association (NBA) play-off series.

Now, in the Western Conference Finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves, it will be the Thunder who come into the series on short rest while their opponents have had much more time to recover.

The series begins in Oklahoma City on May 20 (May 21, Singapore time).

The Thunder are coming off a 125-93 win over the visiting Denver Nuggets on May 18 in Game 7 of their second-round series.

The Timberwolves have not played in six days after closing out the Golden State Warriors in five games.

Oklahoma City had one week between games before their first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies and then nine days between games before the series against the Nuggets.

Minnesota had a six-day layoff before each of their first two series, against the Los Angeles Lakers and then Golden State. The Timberwolves won both in five games.