from Columbia University.

After the win, the league MVP was measured in his excitement. Oklahoma City will play thein the finals. Indiana leads the Eastern Conference finals series 3-1 with Game 5 to be played in New York City on Thursday.

“We’ve got a lot of growing to do,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do to get to our ultimate goal, and this is not it, so that’s all that I’m focused on.”Still, the young Thunder players had some of their usual fun. During a postgame interview, coach Mark Daigneault began complimenting his young squad.“These guys are uncommon. They do everything right. They’re high character.”

Then, several players started draping towels over Daigneault, as they often do to local sideline reporter Nick Gallo during postgame interview sessions.“They’re idiots,” Daigneault said without breaking focus.

Chet Holmgren had 22 points, seven rebounds and three blocks and Jalen Williams added 19 points and eight rebounds for the Thunder.

A fanbase that had suffered through losing Kevin Durant in free agency in 2016 and a rebuild that had the team near the bottom of the league’s standings just four years ago let loose in the fourth quarter when the Thunder sat their starters with 5:14 remaining and a 108-74 lead.Cuando los reyes se marcharon, los espectadores corrieron al campo para recoger las semillas esparcidas como recuerdo o para añadirlas a sus propias reservas de arroz.

Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.SEATTLE (AP) — Jesús Ferreira scored his first goal for the Seattle Sounders, and Stefan Frei made it stand up with seven saves in a 1-0 victory over expansion side San Diego FC on Wednesday night.

Ferreira used assists from Paul Rothrock and defender Álex Roldán to score in his 15th appearance with Seattle after scoring 53 times for FC Dallas from 2017-24. Rothrock’s assist was his third this season and the fifth of his career. Roldán notched his second. He had one assist in his first seven seasons.Frei finished off his fifth clean sheet of the season for Seattle (7-4-5). He has 111 shutouts in 367 career starts. Frei’s first six came in 28 starts with Toronto FC from 2011-13.