The Oklahoma City Thunder did far more than sweep the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. With a 115-110 win at Crypto.com Arena, the defending champions advanced to the Western Conference Finals for a second straight season and officially ended a seven-year trend that began back in 2019.

Oklahoma City has been on fire all series, and one more hot night should send the defending champions back to the conference finals. On Monday night, the Thunder will be looking to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second straight year.

INGLEWOOD, CA — OKC's top players weren't playing much during this time last season. The Thunder had already locked up the top seed in the Western Conference by then. In fact, it had done so on March 20, 2025, with 13 regular-season games still left on ...

OKC is looking for its second consecutive series sweep on Monday night against the Lakers.

The Oklahoma City Thunder moved to 7-0 in the 2026 postseason with a win against the Los Angeles Lakers on the road. The May 9 victory gave OKC a 3-0 series lead against LeBron James and company, as Mark Daigneault's team is just one win away from another Western Conference Finals appearance.

After the Los Angeles Lakers lost Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals 131-108 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, the question was not whether they would lose the series but when. The hope was that they would be able to stave off elimination for at least a couple of days by winning Game 4 on Monday at home,