Facing what was effectively a must-win game, Minnesota routed the Oklahoma City Thunder, 143-101, in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

Oklahoma City overcame a sizzling shooting effort from the Minnesota bench to secure a closeout game at home Wednesday night.

The Oklahoma City Thunder were destroyed in a 143-101 Game 3 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was the worst loss of their playoff run and likely won't get topped the rest of the way. The Western Conference Finals suddenly got interesting as OKC leads it 2-1.

Upstairs, inside the 19,000-seat Target Center, is where Holmgren won four Minnesota state championships with Minnehaha Academy — a prep school 5 miles from downtown on the banks of the Mississippi River.

According to Logan Murdock of The Ringer, the Golden State Warriors almost traded Draymond Green to the Memphis Grizzlies.  Murdock revealed this tidbit on The Zach Lowe podcast.  “I know that there was a deal in place to send Draymond to Memphis and the return on that would have been interesting,