Magic Johnson Apologizes To OKC Thunder Moments After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Wins West Finals MVP

Lakers legend Magic Johnson issues an apology to the OKC Thunder shortly after their Game 5 win against the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.

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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

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Chaitanya Dadhwal is an NBA Analyst and Columnist at Fadeaway World from New Delhi, India. He fell in love with basketball in 2018 after seeing James Harden in his prime. He joined the sports journalism world in 2021, one year before finishing his law school in 2022. He attended Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat, India, where his favorite subject was also Sports Law.He transitioned from law to journalism after realizing his true passion for sports and basketball in particular. Even though his journalism is driven by his desire to understand both sides of an argument and give a neutral perspective, he openly admits he is biased towards the Houston Rockets and Arsenal. But that intersection of in-depth analysis and passion helps him simplify the fine print and complex language for his readers.His goal in life is to open his own sports management agency one day and represent athletes. He wants to ensure he can help bridge the gap in equal opportunity for athletes across various sports and different genders playing the same sport.
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