Final: Thunder (33-7) def. Heat (20-19), 124-112
- The Thunder were as healthy as they’ve been in a minute, fielding their full rotation outside of Isaiah Hartenstein (out for his eighth-straight game with a soleus strain).
- Though Jaylin Williams returned to Oklahoma City's fronctourt, both teams were paint-hungry, slashing and driving with the kind of energy you'd expect from two of the modern NBA’s best team-building franchises.
- In the end, OKC weathered a blazing Heat shooting night and flipped the game from a back-and-forth affair to a comfortable win.
- Chet Holmgren helped keep Miami in check in the first half, racking up 3 blocks and affecting the Heat’s interior decision-making when they weren’t draining threes.