Tag: Oklahoma City Thunder
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s clutch time heroics rescued the Oklahoma City Thunder from falling into a 3-1 series deficit and instead head back home with the NBA Finals knotted at two games apiece against the Indiana Pacers. In the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, the new league MVP poured in 15 points to help the […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder tried to hire ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst over a decade ago. This is according to ESPN’s own Pablo Torre. Currently two wins away from hoisting its first NBA championship, GM Sam Presti saw value in protecting information. “The reason that Sam Presti considered hiring Brian Windhorst — kicked the tires on […]
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, MVP of the NBA, hunched over with the edge of his shorts clamped between his palms and tightly gripping fingers, pressing down into his knees. If the Indiana Pacers do go onto to win the 2025 NBA Finals, that should be the defining image of their Game 3, 116-107 victory over the Oklahoma […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder, Brooklyn Nets, and Orlando Magic are the teams most likely to move up in the 2025 NBA draft, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer. Thunder, Nets, And Magic Could Trade Up In 2025 NBA Draft The Thunder, Nets and Magic have been “mentioned by rival executives as teams to monitor for […]
Commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at an NBA Cares charity event, confirmed there would be conversations in the summer about returning the NBA Finals trophy logo back to the court. Since 2014, the NBA has done away with the iconic logo citing player safety and the slipperiness the painted on logo caused. The exception was the […]
Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers drew its lowest audience rating since 2007. The Pacers won what was a very entertaining game 111-110 on a Tyrese Haliburton jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining. The average viewership was 8.91 million viewers, the lowest since Tim Duncan and the San […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers shook a Mentos-filled Coca Cola bottle for 42 minutes, and at last, in the final six, it exploded all over Paycom Center to give Indiana a 1-0 series lead in the NBA Finals. I’ll break down some of what we saw in that weird, rollicking Game 1, and […]
Tyrese Haliburton extended his all-time clutch run with another game-winner to help the Indiana Pacers steal Game 1 111-110 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Matched up against Cason Wallace, Haliburton drove right and pulled up just inside the three-point arc and nailed a long mid-range jumper. The Oklahoma City crowd was in stunned silence, the […]
When the Oklahoma City Thunder square off against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals, it will be a matchup of elite offense versus historically elite defense. Over the course of the Pacers’ run through the Eastern Conference, Tyrese Haliburton has led his team to offensive heights rarely seen. Over in the Western Conference, the […]
Former NBA player Jeff Teague praised newly crowned MVP and Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander earlier this week for “saving the NBA” by perfecting the mid-range shot. “I want to say something about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. I think SGA saved the NBA,” Teague said Tuesday on the Club 520 Podcast. “[That’s] what I’m saying. […]
