The Oklahoma City Thunder will not have much time to celebrate their 123-118 win over the New Orleans Pelicans in the play-in tournament.
In less than two days, the Thunder will be back in action. They travel to face the Minnesota Timberwolves for the eighth seed on Friday, April 14.
The Timberwolves will get a second chance to clinch a playoff berth after their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 7-8 game that determined the seventh seed.
In four regular-season matchups, the Thunder went 1-3 against the Timberwolves. Although — as the Pelicans proved — it’s hard to know how much those four games can be used to project this do-or-die game.
Nonetheless, let’s look back at all four games to see what could be in store between the Thunder and Timberwolves.