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It is a rarity in NBA history to see a franchise shun headline-grabbing trades, focus on patience, and still capture a championship on its first real run. The Oklahoma City Thunder are that exception: a youthful core built through the draft and refined by unconventional coaching ideas surged from a...
In a league where championship windows can open and slam shut in a single offseason, true rivalries are rare. But the NBA Cup semifinal in Las Vegas suddenly reminded everyone: a classic doesn't always begin with a seven-game playoff series — sometimes one game is enough, when youth boldly steals a...
The start of the season for the Oklahoma City Thunder has been almost flawless. The reigning NBA champion is showing a level of form at the very beginning of the campaign that befits a contender not only for the trophy, but also for a special place in history. On the night of November 16, the Thunde...
Doubt and Pain: When a Leader Has No Time to Heal Ahead of Game 6, it seemed the Thunder needed only to step onto the floor and collect the trophy. The Pacers had dropped two straight, and their maestro Tyrese Haliburton was battling a sharp calf pain—during the regular season he would have sat at...
The season has barely gotten going, and the Clippers already feel like the world is ending. Five straight losses, just two wins in their last fifteen games, next to last in the West, and a complete lack of even a clear idea of how to climb out of this hole. While Los Angeles is helplessly drowning i...
The NBA regular season opened with drama in the league’s finest tradition. In Oklahoma City, the reigning champions pulled out a grueling thriller against "Houston," squeezing the opponent only after two extra periods. On the other coast, "Golden State" methodically took apart the "Lakers" endgame,...
1. A Surge That Never Became a Comeback The script of Game 5 of the NBA Finals looped an old story: the Pacers, like a wind-up toy, crawled from a hopeless -16 to a nerve-tingling -2, posing as a team capable of flipping the game at any moment. This time, however, they lugged around a sack of...
Not Just Anyone, but the Best: The Journey From Overlooked High Schooler to NCAA Star When city high-school championships were held in Hamilton, Canada, the name of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did not appear on the shortlist of top prospects. Coaches praised his wingspan and coordination but sighed at...
Five Minutes That Changed Finals Lore Until the last TV timeout of Game 4 in the 2025 Finals, the series looked set to tilt toward Indiana. By then the Thunder had failed to find any rhythm between shots and passes: just 2-for-14 from deep, double-digit turnovers and only eight assists, all whil...
