As the league moves onto its semifinal round, gone are the likes of Steph Curry, LeBron James and the Boston Celtics. The teams and figures that have dominated center stage for the last 15-plus years have stepped aside this spring to make way for the next wave.

On Sunday afternoon, the Thunder officially punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals, issuing Denver a 125-93 beatdown in Game 7. As one of the fin

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports. They start with Oklahoma City’s decisive Game 7 win Sunday over Denver, which set up the Western Conference finals against the Wolves.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the OKC Thunder is headed to the Western Conference finals. To get there, it took surviving the Denver Nuggets.

Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey gave his reaction to the Oklahoma City Thunder preparing to face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the playoffs.