The Oklahoma City Thunder began the Western Conference Finals with a 114-88 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday evening.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves play at 8:30 p.m. ET on TNT today in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Use this chat to talk about tonight’s game. Enjoy!

The audience for the 2025 NBA Playoffs on ESPN platforms ( ESPN and ABC) is up 12% from last year, according to Nielsen. Through the Conference Semifinals (22 games), ESPN is averaging 4,883,000 viewers, making it the second-most watched NBA Playoffs since 2011.

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The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are going at it again. The two teams are meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals with a trip to the 2025 NBA Finals at stake. The Pacers eliminated the Knicks in the conference semifinals last year, but the Knicks have revenge on their minds now.

But there's also history from a year ago, when the Pacers beat the Knicks in the second round in seven games. Will history repeat itself? New York travels to Indianapolis for Game 1 of the series on Wednesday,

NBA Playoffs have reached the conference finals stage, and for the first time in league history, there is guaranteed to be a new champion for a seventh consecutive season. The No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 to set up a meeting with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.

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