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Thunder officially won the Western Conference Championship: Return to the finals after 13 years, the Western Conference is king to strive for the first championship in history

On May 29, the NBA playoffs continued, the G5 Thunder defeated the Timberwolves at home, and eliminated the Timberwolves 4-1 in the series, officially winning the Western Conference championship and advancing to the finals. After 13 years, he returned to the finals and made the first championship in the history of the Thunder (excluding the Supersonics period).

2024-25 season, Alexander, Jaylen Williams and Chet Homegren led the Thunder to the best team history record of 68 wins and 14 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and first in the league; it is worth mentioning that Alexander finally defeated Jokic and Antetokounmpo for the regular season MVP with his outstanding personal performance and team-leading record.

In this year's playoffs, the Thunder swept the Grizzlies 4-0 in the first round, eliminated the Nuggets 4-3 in the Western Conference Semi-Finals, and eliminated the Timberwolves 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals, thus officially winning the Western Conference Championship and advancing to the Finals to strive for the championship.

Thunder won the Western Conference championship for the first time after 13 years. The last time he won the Western Conference championship was in the 2011-12 season, when Durant, Westbrook and Harden led the team to the finals, but they had no choice but to lose 1-4 to the Heat and missed the championship.

2. The Thunder won the second Western Conference championship in team history

3. The Thunder returned to the finals after 13 years. This time, Alexander led the team to compete for the first championship in team history; it is worth mentioning that the Supersonics (the predecessor of the Thunder) won the championship in the 1978-79 season.

If the supersonic period is included, this is the fifth time the Thunder has won the Western Conference championship in history (the previous four Western Conference championships were the 1977-78 season (SuperSonics), 1978-79 season (SuperSonics), 1995-96 season (SuperSonics) and 2011-12 season (Thunder)), and has advanced to the finals for the fifth time, reaching the second championship in the 58-year team history; the Pacers are currently leading the Knicks 3-1, so the Thunder is likely to fight the Pacers in the finals.

Specific schedule of the 2025 Finals -

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The new king of the league is dating, and the Thunder has become king in the West. Will Alexander win his first career championship this year and lead the team to win the O'Brien Cup? Let's wait and see.