For many in Aspen, this is a very good time of year, as the playoffs of the National Basketball Association are underway. We have been blessed with a local team that took the title last.
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Hours after the NBA announced Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was selected as a finalist for the league’s Most Valuable Player award, Oklahoma City's All-Star guard showed why. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, including the go-ahead basket in the final minute, and the top-seeded Thunder edged the New Orleans Pelicans 94-92 in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Sunday night. New Orleans' CJ McCollum missed a leaning 3-pointer in the closing seconds and the Thunder held on to win their first home playoff game since 2019.
Here are the five biggest takeaways from the NBA's playoff blowout weekend, plus a power ranking of all eight Game 1 results from least to most surprising.