NBA First Team selection — his third in as many years — ties him with NBA legends like Allen Iverson, Kawhi Leonard and Steve Nash, while surpassing others like John Stockton, Dwyane Wade and former Thunder Russell Westbrook.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the third Thunder player to win the league’s top individual award.

Despite not having won the award so far in his career, Tatum is regularly among the top candidates to be named MVP.

The Oklahoma City Thunder blew open the first two games of the Western Conference Finals to take a commanding 2-0 lead in series over the Minnesota Timberwolves thanks to season-long trend.

Julius Randle is still wondering where Lu Dort came from.  After catching a looping pass over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Randle turned and … smack.  Dort read the pass like a free safety.

The Thunder won the last meeting 118-103 on Friday, led by 38 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Oklahoma City's Lu Dort was named first-team all defense and Williams was named second-team all-defense earlier in the day.