Hello basketball fans and welcome to The Athletic’s live coverage of the 2025 NBA playoffs!
Today we’re taking you through Game 1 of a Western Conference Finals that pits two of the league’s brightest young stars against each other as 23-year-old Anthony Edwards leads the Minnesota Timberwolves into Oklahoma City to face 26-year-old Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder.
At stake in this series is not only a spot in the NBA Finals but also possibly a crowning moment as the league’s next iconic superstar.
Stay with us as our team of NBA writers on the ground in Oklahoma City provides expet analysis and insight through tipoff and until the final buzzer and beyond in tonight’s Game 1!
