The Thunder won a brutal second round series against the reigning MVP and recent champs. Across seven games OKC was in survival mode too often, but an emphatic closeout victory stabilized the . SGA and Alex Caruso were monsters on offense and defense, respectively, and aside from their ongoing shooting drought, the Thunder look like themselves again.


It was Alex Caruso (11 pts, 3 stl, 3 ast, 1 potential all-time championship addition) winning both the interior, undersized fight against Jokic and leading the Thunder's passing-lane-blitzkrieg.