We could easily go with the Oklahoma City Thunder as a winner from this game. They set the record for biggest margin of victory in a single first-round playoff game. That’s worthy of acclaim, but something tells me we’ll have more chances for extended praise of this team.

The No. 4 seed Denver Nuggets rallied to an overtime win over the 5-seed LA Clippers to take Game 1, thanks to some late-game heroics by Russell Westbrook. In the late game, the No. 6 seed Minnesota Timberwolves pounced on the No.