Mics Caught SGA Candidly Explaining Why Thunder Got Blown Out By Timberwolves

The NBA's MVP struggled in Minnesota on Saturday night.

SGA talks with Chris Paul. / Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images

The Minnesota Timberwolves closed the gap on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals on Saturday night, coming away with a dominant 143-101 win behind stellar performances from Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle. OKC now leads just 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.

Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—who won the NBA's MVP award earlier this week—was mic'd up for the game and at one point was caught explaining what went wrong during his team's 30+ point defeat:

"Turnovers early, they were more physical early, and they made shots and we missed shots," he said to a teammate. "But the other two are first. And then on top of this, they had a great night and we had a bad night. So it's like 40 [points]. But if we like, take care of these, we can still lose because of this night, but it doesn't look like this, you know?"

Here's a look at the clip:

SGA was mic’d up breaking down why the Thunder lost Game 3 👀 pic.twitter.com/3BkjkEPNcQ

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SGA finished Saturday night's contest with a season-low 14 points on just 4-of-14 shooting. He also tallied a team-low -32 plus-minus.

Game 4 of the Western Conference finals is set for Monday night from Minneapolis's Target Center, with tip-off at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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