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The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals. Buy gear here.

Some stores in Oklahoma City stayed open late Wednesday night and opened early Thursday morning to celebrate the Thunder's Western Conference Finals win.

After Presti and Daigneault reached the pinnacle of their era, the OKC coach was asked about his long journey with the GM. He kept the self-reflection minimal as the Thunder still have the NBA Finals to play for but praised the front office guru for the culture built.

Like angering The Hulk, Chet Holmgren's basketball superpowers have grown the deeper the Thunder have gone in the playoffs. A three-month layoff from a hip fracture was quite the traffic jam the 23-year-old was stuck in for his season, but he's finally back to the open road and flirting with 85 MPH.

The Minnesota Timberwolves deserve some credit for making the NBA Western Conference Finals (the better conference) in back-to-back years, but they were quickly disposed of by the Oklahoma City Thunder this season.