Oklahoma City set the tone for the Western Conference Finals with a 114-88 plundering of the Timberwolves in Game 1. Things weren't quite as easy in Game 2, but the Thunder still beat Minnesota 118-103 behind 38 points from newly-crowned MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

NBA referee Scott Foster suffered an ugly injury on Thursday night. During the Thunder’s 118-103 Game 2 win in the Western Conference finals over the Timberwolves, Foster, 58, got a brutal blow to the face from Oklahoma City forward Luguentz Dort following a jump ball midway through the first quarter.

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The NBA still hasn’t announced the winner yet, and Morant sounded off about the unusual delay on social media. “They got to see who wins the series first,” the Murray State alum said. He was responding to Minnesota Timberwolves guard Bones Hyland, who asked “Anybody else wondered why they haven’t announced MVP yet?”