For the first time in nearly a decade, the OKC Thunder is headed to the Western Conference finals. To get there, it took surviving the Denver Nuggets.

Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Paycom Center. Despite initially being listed as questionable due to a hamstring injury,

In the end it was a 125-93 OKC win that puts the Thunder through to the Western Conference Finals, taking the series 4-3. Minnesota will be in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night to open the West finals.