The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are squaring off in a do-or-die Game 7 on Sunday afternoon. The top-seeded Thunder are facing elimination for the first time in these playoffs. The Nuggets are 2-0 in elimination games,

For the first time in nine years, the Oklahoma City Thunder is heading to the Western Conference finals. NBA MVP front-runner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points and top-seeded OKC roared to a 125-93 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 Sunday at Paycom Center.

Those points didn’t come because the Thunder were bombing away from 3 — they shot 30.8% on the night — but in the paint, where the Thunder scored 64 points before both coach