For the first time in nearly a decade, the OKC Thunder is headed to the Western Conference finals. To get there, it took surviving the Denver Nuggets.

There will be a new NBA champion. A lot of them, actually, considering almost all of the players left in these playoffs have not even played in the NBA Finals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets from the NBA Playoffs on Sunday with a 125-93 win at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The big picture: Oklahoma City secured a 4-3 series win against the Nuggets and will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.

The final four is set in the 2025 NBA playoff bracket. The Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Game 7 of their second-round matchup to advance to the Western Conference finals.

The Nuggets and Thunder play Sunday in a Western Conference semifinal, with the winner advancing to face Minnesota.

An Oklahoma City coffee shop is serving Thunder-themed lattes featuring player images and team logos in celebration of the NBA Playoffs.

For all the misconstruing that happens in these NBA Playoffs, Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets brought out the OKC Thunder team Mark Daigneault recognized.