It wasn’t a great outing Monday night, but the Oklahoma City Thunder got the job done.
The Thunder are now headed into the Western Conference semifinals for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Thunder used a late run to fend off the New Orleans Pelicans 97-89 in Game 4 of their opening-round playoff series Monday at the Smoothie King Center. The win completed the 4-0 series sweep and officially sends them into the next round of the playoffs. It was their first series win since 2016 and first sweep since 2012. They reached the Western Conference finals during that 2016 run, but were knocked out of the playoffs by the eventual champion Golden State Warriors.
The Pelicans, on the other hand, have now been swept for the first time since 2015.
