For the first time in nearly a decade, the OKC Thunder is headed to the Western Conference finals. To get there, it took surviving the Denver Nuggets.

After the Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals with Sunday's Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets, prognosticators expect them to go all the way.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are heading to a do-or-die Game 7. The Thunder, the top seed in the Western Conference, could have punched their ticket to the conference finals of the 2025 NBA playoffs on Thursday night in Denver,

The tension between the two reportedly suffocated everyone in the organization. In the end, they both lost. The Nuggets fired Malone and Booth on the same day with just three games left in the 2025 regular season. It was a shocking move in the moment, but it’s become clear that it was a decision that gave Denver new life.

The 2025 NBA Playoffs have not been kind of the Nuggets starter. Porter Jr. is averaging a subpar 9.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game for the Nuggets, while shooting 38.8 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from 3-point land.

Underestimate them at your own risk: The Pacers are back in the Eastern Conference finals, finishing off the Cavaliers with a 114-105 Game 5 win. Indiana is the only team to make the conference finals as a No. 4 seed or worse in consecutive years since the 1984 playoffs expansion.