Thunder clinch No. 1 seed for Western Conference playoffs

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 points in one half of action, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Dallas Mavericks 135-86 on Sunday to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

Oklahoma City finished with the same 57-25 record as the Denver Nuggets but own the tiebreaker. The Thunder hadn't finished as the top seed since the 2012-13 season.

The Thunder entered the day in a three-way tie with the Nuggets and Timberwolves for the best record in the Western Conference, the first time in NBA history that's happened. Denver's win over the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota's loss to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday clinched the…