Game 1 of the NBA Finals could have been an especially crushing defeat for a young Oklahoma City Thunder team had they not dealt with nearly the exact same scenario earlier in these same playoffs

The Oklahoma City Thunder heavily relied on their three-headed defensive POA monster. Lu Dort, Alex Caruso and Cason Wallace usurped Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein in the hierarchy. It wasn't the preferred result,

Things were going as expected for the heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. They forced the normally efficient Indiana Pacers into 19 turnovers in the first half to lead by 12 at the break.

The first surprise of the NBA Finals came 30 minutes before tip-off. Mark Daigneault elected to change his starting five for the first time all postseason, brin

The NBA and Oklahoma City Thunder have unveiled a new "Wonder Room" at the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County.

The Thunder didn’t even exist in Oklahoma City when the 1995 bombing happened; the franchise that had been known as the Seattle SuperSonics didn’t relocate to America’s heartland until more than a decade later.

It was all Thunder, until it wasn't. Oklahoma City did a great job of controlling the opening game of the 2025 NBA Finals, fending off each Pacers run to keep

Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams pinpoints what went wrong in the fourth quarter of Game 1 against the Pacers. For Williams, the issues that hindered his team’s fourth-quarter performance were reminiscent of when the Thunder surrendered a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter of losing a series opener against the Denver Nuggets.

Sam Anderson, a staff writer for The Times Magazine, first wrote about the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012. He is the author of “Boom Town” (2018), a book about the team and the city it calls home.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has found his biggest cheerleader in wife Hailey Summers. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard married Summers in February 2024. They welcomed their son Ares in April of the same year.