Thunder sweep past Grizzlies into NBA playoffs 2nd round, Cavs on brink

Jalen Williams added 23 points for the Thunder, who were pushed to the wire by the desperate Grizzlies despite the absence of star Ja Morant, who was ruled out with a hip contusion suffered in game three. Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 30 points and Santi Aldama and Desmond Bane had 23 points each for the Grizzlies, who trailed by 12 with 3:37 to play but closed within two with 7.1 seconds remaining, only to come up short. After the first three games featured a total of four lead changes, the teams traded...