Thunder Dismantle Wolves in 2nd Half
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🗓️ 21 May 2025
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Summary
The Oklahoma City Thunder open the Western Conference Finals with a home victory against the Timberwolves and Zena Keita along with Es Baraheni and Andrew Schlecht break down the matchup. They discuss the defense of the Wolves and what it took to break it down, Shai’s foul drawing, what OKC did well, and then finally how the Wolves can bounce back.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Andrew Schlecht, Es Baraheni
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm taking over for Dave DeFour, but I got Andrew and S here to talk about the Western Conference Finals that just kicked off. |
| 0:17.4 | And OKC, look sharp. |
| 0:27.1 | What's up, Andrew? What's up andrew what's up s what's up hey guys Andrew is in the building for okayc's first game kind of crazy okay see had so much time between |
| 0:36.0 | their first series and their second series. |
| 0:39.5 | And they had to turn around and play against Minnesota for the first game of the Western |
| 0:43.6 | Conference finals. |
| 0:44.3 | And they took it 114 to 88. |
| 0:48.8 | And I'm not going to lie. |
| 0:50.0 | I don't know if this felt that way when you were watching it on TV. |
| 0:53.8 | But it felt quiet. Like I don't know if this felt that way when you were watching it on TV, but it felt quiet. |
| 0:55.5 | Like, I don't know if the SPN's changed the broadcast, but that first quarter had a little bit of people quiet, a little nervous for OKC, but things turned around. |
| 1:06.0 | What did you see out there, S? |
| 1:07.7 | Yeah, I mean, I didn't think it. |
| 1:09.9 | I mean, look, the broadcast is always weird in the sense that |
| 1:12.8 | sometimes the audio is a little muted. So I wonder if it is. Andrew, was it quiet in there at the |
| 1:18.8 | start of the game? It, so if we're expecting the crowd to be as loud as game seven, then yes, |
| 1:24.4 | it was quiet. But was it quiet? No, it was not. |
| 1:29.1 | When you're the team that you're rooting for, though, |
| 1:31.4 | shoots 35% from the field, not a lot to cheer for. |
| 1:35.3 | And when they, I mean, |
| 1:36.7 | part of it too is that they were missing just easy shots. |
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