The OKC Thunder have stunned the Timberwolves and sent them packing in Game 5 of their Western Conference Finals series. They won the game 124-94 to close out the series 4-1 in five games. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP Award following his 34-point masterclass to help the Thunder close out the series. That makes two MVP awards for him in the same month, as earlier this month it was also declared that he is the recipient of the Michael Jordan MVP Award for the regular season.
Following the game, Magic Johnson himself took to social media to react to the Thunder’s blowout win over the Timberwolves in Game 5, where they won by 30 points. He apologized to the Thunder for underestimating their abilities and congratulated Sam Presti, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and other related parties of the Thunder.
“I want to apologize to the Oklahoma City Thunder for underestimating them and not thinking they were ready to compete for a Championship,” he wrote on X right after the game ended.
“I want to congratulate the Oklahoma City Thunder Coach Mark Daigneault as well as NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the OKC team on advancing to the NBA Finals!” wrote the Lakers legend on X.
“Oklahoma City Thunder’s fan base needs to give their GM, Sam Presti, a standing ovation for putting together an amazing roster!” he further added.
“Congratulations to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for winning the MVP of the Western Conference Finals named after me. What I love about Shai is that he dominates on the court and is humble off the court!” said Johnson as he congratulated SGA on winning the award named after him.
He also congratulated the former Lakers player, Alex Caruso, for proceeding to the NBA Finals once again.
Magic Johnson Picked The Minnesota Timberwolves To Win This Series
Johnson even went on to criticize his pick in the series, the Minnesota Timberwolves. He called them out for bad body language and playing like they’re already on vacation.
“The Minnesota Timberwolves did not put forth a desperation effort in tonight’s game. They had bad body language and played like they were already on vacation.”
Before the series began, Johnson went on X to drop his predictions for the series. He picked the Knicks and the Timberwolves to win the respective conference finals. Turns out, both his predictions may be incorrect as the Timberwolves have been eliminated in five games and the Knicks are staring at elimination after going down 3-1 in their series against the Pacers.
