Thunder storm to West finals

On-song Shai drops 35 to sink Nuggets

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder thrashed the Denver Nuggets 125-93 to book their place in the NBA Western Conference finals on Sunday.

After a back-and-forth series with little to choose between the two teams, the top-seeded Thunder asserted their dominance in a one-sided game seven to seal a 4-3 series victory.

The win sends Oklahoma City into a showdown with Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves for a place in next month's NBA Finals, with game one set for Tuesday.

"It feels good," Gilgeous-Alexander said after the win. "Obviously our ultimate goal isn’t just the Western Conference finals — but we've got to go through there to get there.

"We put it together tonight and now we've got four games to go get against a really good team in the Timberwolves and that's what we're focused on."