Through Round 1, Williams passed every test with flying colors. This is the version the Thunder will need for the rest of the playoffs. When Gilgeous-Alexander struggled, his All-Star teammate picked up the slack and won his bench lineups against the Grizzlies. Just fantastic all around.

The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder made short work of the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. And after a dominant regular season, the Thunder cruised to a 4-0 series sweep,

With OKC having completed its first round in a four-game sweep by April 26, that could mean 7-10 days between games — that gap coming after a series in which there was a single off-day in between each game.