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OKLAHOMA CITY – One of the biggest issues Oklahoma City has had this season is putting away teams with losing records. It’s something that has been a problem since the start of the season. However, that doesn’t seem to be a problem when the Thunder take on the Los Angeles Lakers. With its 114-90 win […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Raymond Felton knows the L.A. Clippers very well. The Oklahoma City guard spent last season as a member of the organization. The 14-year veteran also knows several members of the Houston Rockets extremely well. So when he was asked about the on and off the court altercations that took place between the […]

Playing basketball on Martin Luther King Day has become a thing. Just like the NBA has taken over Christmas, it now has turned MLK into a celebration around the entire league. The NBA had a full schedule of games on Monday. That included the Oklahoma City Thunder who took on the Sacramento Kings at Chesapeake […]

LOS ANGELES – Twenty-six other teams could have had Kyle Kuzma. But coming out of Utah, he was an unknown commodity. One of the teams that passed on Kuzma was Oklahoma City. When the 21st pick rolled around, Kuzma was still on the board waiting to hear his name. The Thunder wound up drafting Terrance […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Thunder have gone from a near train wreck to the hottest team in the league. With their 124-107 victory Wednesday over Toronto, the Thunder have now won six consecutive games. That is the longest current win streak in the league. “It feels great,” Thunder guard Raymond Felton said. “When […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – It has happened quietly and without much fanfare, but the Oklahoma City Thunder are on a roll. After starting the season at 8-12, the Thunder had won 10 of their last 13 games heading into their Christmas matchup with the Houston Rockets Monday night. While Oklahoma City’s offense, which had been below […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Houston guard Chris Paul will miss his second straight game tonight when the Rockets take on the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to coach Mike D’Antoni. “Eric Gordon will start instead of Chris,” D’Antoni said. “Chris is still out.” Paul suffered an adductor strain against the L.A Lakers Dec. 20 and missed the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City has made it a habit of playing down to their opponents this season. Losses to Dallas and Orlando are just a few of the examples of when they allowed their opponent to stay in games. When the Thunder hosted the Atlanta Hawks Friday night, the trend continued. But this time […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Coming into his first season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Paul George was seen as one of the best scorers in the league. The former Indiana Pacer forward could be especially lethal with his mid-range jumper. However, in the first couple of months as a member of the Thunder, George’s jumper has […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For most people, their only impression of Russell Westbrook comes from his demeanor on the basketball court. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard usually has a snarl on his face and is in attack mode. It leaves many fans to believe he is in a constant agitated mood. However, there is a […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – During Oklahoma City’s first 29 games, they have nearly lived on the road. They have played 16 of their games away from the friendly confines of Chesapeake Energy Arena. That includes coming off a three-game road trip on the East coast. Only the Orlando Magic and Sacramento Kings have played more of […]

With Oklahoma City off to a 12-14 start, much of the blame has started to fall on the shoulders of head coach Billy Donovan. Some around the league have whispered that the veteran squad doesn’t respect their skipper, who is in his third year in the NBA. However, Donovan’s players brushed those thoughts aside rumors […]

There wasn’t really much Oklahoma City could say. Their 116-103 loss to the Charlotte Hornets Monday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena was ugly and everyone knew it. Yet, Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan tried to put a positive spin on a night in which another team came into the Thunder house and rolled over them. […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – On Sept. 29, Marcus Scott had a stroke. The husband and father of two were at his Guthrie home when it occurred while his wife, Daune, was at work. Daune Scott knows if she hadn’t trained her daughters, Sparkle (15) and Honey (12.), on how to deal with medical emergencies, they may […]

Whenever Andre Roberson’s name has been brought up this season, it’s usually in reference to what he can’t do well. From hitting free throws to hitting 3-pointers, the Oklahoma City Thunder guard has been criticized through the start of the season. But it’s on nights like Tuesday when Roberson shows fans and the rest of […]

The first couple of months for Oklahoma City haven’t been very pretty. From their under .500 record to their second-half breakdowns, the Thunder have looked downright ugly. Even as the Thunder beat an undermanned San Antonio Spurs squad 90-87 Sunday, the win felt more like a loss. However, even as they go through this tough […]

Things are not going well for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Aside from riding a three-game losing streak and carrying an 8-12 record, fans are calling for the head of their coach Billy Donovan. All of this before the team has reached the 25-game mark has players upset. “Nobody is moping around, nobody is frustrated. I […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder head to Orlando for a Wednesday night tilt with the slumping Orlando Magic. While facing a team that has lost nine straight would seem like the perfect slump buster, the Thunder can’t afford to look at it like that. After losing two straight since beating the Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City […]

Oklahoma City was just looking for continuity. After beating Golden State Wednesday, they were looking to back that victory up with a win over Detroit Friday night. But the Pistons came into the matchup winners sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference. They could care less about the troubles Oklahoma City had been having […]

For the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors have tormented the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2016, it was the Warriors who knocked the Thunder out of the postseason before snatching Kevin Durant off their roster. Last season, Golden State swept Oklahoma City in three highly-charged contests that all ended in blowout victories. Even after […]

The 2017-18 Oklahoma City Thunder were put together with one goal in mind. With the addition of Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Raymond Felton and Patrick Patterson, they were a squad looking to challenge the Golden State Warriors. However, 16 games into the season, Oklahoma City hasn’t played like a contender. Coming off a loss to […]

It can come off as coach speak. Hearing the phrase “play for a full four quarters” is at the top of the list of cliches coaches and players say when they can’t figure out what’s wrong. However, for the Oklahoma City Thunder, not performing at a high level for 48 minutes has been a sizable […]

Paul George was in a slump. That’s not a word heard around most NBA locker rooms much, but that was the situation for the Oklahoma City forward. In the first 12 games of his stint with the Thunder, George looked nothing like the player he had been in Indiana. The same one who became a […]

In the four seasons years that the show “Finding Your Roots” has been on the air, it has featured many celebrities. From the likes of Samuel Jackson to Kevin Bacon to Chris Rock, they have all allowed host Professor Henry Louis Gates to take them back in time and look at where they com from […]

Carmelo Anthony remembers what it was like. Growing up in Baltimore, the youngest of four children in a single-parent household, times could be tough. Because of that, Anthony says it’s natural for him to give back to those in need. That has been part of his resume since he joined the NBA. The Carmelo Anthony […]

Going into Friday the Oklahoma City Thunder were the talk of the league. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t in a good way. The Thunder had dropped their last four games and were not looking like a team that was supposed to challenge the Golden State Warriors for Western Conference supremacy. In fact, during their first […]

Paul George has had some bad shooting nights since joining. He had nights when it appeared there was no way he could have been an All-Star or former Olympian and sometimes got lost in the shuffle. That was not the case Friday night when the Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the L.A. Clippers. George poured in […]

Daniel Hamilton didn’t really know what it meant. The second-year guard out of Connecticut had to go back and check with his agent when he was told the Oklahoma City Thunder were signing him to a two-way contract. “It’s kind of new so nobody knew what to expect,” Hamilton said. “But my agent had broke […]

It’s called Hoodie Melo. That is the name fans of Carmelo Anthony have given his alter ego. It started when Anthony was in New York and he wore a hoodie almost every time he was working out. The alter-ego soon became as popular on social media sites as Anthony in real-life. Mostly due to Anthony’s […]

Coach Billy Donovan said it was going to be a process. Even before his Oklahoma City Thunder lost two of their first three games, the third year coach knew his squad was going to having growing pains as they learned to play together. Yet, a two game losing streak is still a two game losing […]