{"id":58579,"date":"2025-05-29T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=58579"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:41:09","slug":"magic-johnson-publicly-apologizes-for-underestimating-thunder-as-they-advance-to-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/magic-johnson-publicly-apologizes-for-underestimating-thunder-as-they-advance-to-nba-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson Publicly Apologizes For Underestimating Thunder As They Advance to NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBA legend Magic Johnson issued an apology to the Oklahoma City Thunder after they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves and secured the NBA Final berth. <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-playoffs-thunder-vs-timberwolves-game-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>The Thunder handed a 124-94 blowout loss to the Timberwolves in Game 5<\/a> of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday, May 29. With the win, they earned their first trip to the Finals since 2012 and became the first finalists for the 2024-25 season.&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1927932512984080416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Johnson apologized to the Thunder <\/a>after the win and congratulated their GM Sam Presti in a series of tweets. Not only this, but he also congratulated Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who won the &lsquo;Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP&rsquo;. <\/p><p>Reacting to the loss, the LA Lakers great said, <em>&ldquo;I want to apologize to the Oklahoma City Thunder for underestimating them and not thinking they were ready to compete for a Championship.<\/em>&rdquo; He added that the Thunder fans should give a standing ovation to the franchise&rsquo;s GM for coming up with that roster. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oklahoma City Thunder&rsquo;s fan base needs to give their GM Sam Presti a standing ovation for putting together an amazing roster!<\/p>&mdash; Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1927932731352133710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Moreover, the five-time NBA champion also congratulated Shai Gilegous-Alexander for winning the West&rsquo;s MVP. He tweeted, <em>&ldquo;Congratulations to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for winning the MVP of the Western Conference Finals named after me. What I love about Shai is that he dominates on the court and is humble off the court!&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Magic Johnson Slams Minnesota Timberwolves For Lack of Effort in Game 5&nbsp;<\/h2><p>The 12-time NBA All-Star was left unimpressed with the Minnesota Timberwolves&rsquo; lack of effort. He didn&rsquo;t hold back himself from expressing his disappointment towards them. The Thunder gained quick control of the game, owing to Chet Holmgren&rsquo;s electrifying pace. They finished the opening quarter with a 26-9 lead over their counterparts. On the other hand, the Wolves struggled to find rhythm throughout the game.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Slamming Minnesota for the displaying lackluster effort, Johnson tweeted, &ldquo;The Minnesota Timberwolves did not put forth a desperation effort in tonight&rsquo;s game. They had bad body language and played like they were already on vacation.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for winning the MVP of the Western Conference Finals named after me. What I love about Shai is that he dominates on the court and is humble off the court!<\/p>&mdash; Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1927938360099885130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Minnesota&rsquo;s leading performance came from Julius Randle, who dropped 24 points, five rebounds, and three assists. As a team, they were shooting 35-of-85 from the field, 12-of-34 from the three-pointer arc. In addition, the Wolves had a total of 21 turnovers.<\/p><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic Johnson Apologizes to Thunder for underestimating them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":58582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[368,4757],"class_list":["post-58579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-magic-johnson","tag-okc-thunder"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Magic Johnson Publicly Apologizes For Underestimating Thunder As They Advance to NBA Finals - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Magic Johnson issued an apology to the Oklahoma City Thunder after they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves and secured the NBA Final berth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/magic-johnson-publicly-apologizes-for-underestimating-thunder-as-they-advance-to-nba-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Magic Johnson Publicly Apologizes For Underestimating Thunder As They Advance to NBA Finals - 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