After a nervy first quarter, the Thunder dominated the second quarter and never looked back in a 125-93 win over the Nuggets on Sunday afternoon at Paycom Center.

Advancing to another best-of-seven in the Western conference finals ... for which Game 1 was scheduled roughly 48 hours later. The point being, you could forgive anyone on the Thunder for feeling pretty exhausted ahead of their WCF run vs.

After Sunday's Game 7, stellar reserve Thunder guard Alex Caruso explained exactly how the Nuggets made the Thunder better over seven games. He said they made Oklahoma City mentally tougher to understand what winning in the postseason takes. In effect, in a matchup of two bona fide championship contenders, iron sharpened iron:

Alex Caruso and Mark Daigneault have an incredible, 9-year-old G League picture together that has now gone viral after the OKC Thunder made the Western Conferen

Caruso stepped up in the Thunder's 125-93 Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets. He finished with 11 points and three steals, but his one-on-one defense against Nikola Jokic swung the game to the home squad's favor.