Last night, the Oklahoma City Thunder shocked the Golden State Warriors on the road to win 108-102, but it did not come without a little controversy. The Thunder led by three points with 17 seconds left when Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook dribbled across mid-court and slid his pivot foot after stopping to call timeout...
June of 2012 -- It was supposed to be a time that the “kids” from Oklahoma City could look back on as a necessary defeat in order to build up for the ultimate victory.
By now, you have probably heard about Kevin Durant's NBA MVP speech. If you have not seen the Oklahoma City Thunder's moving address to fans, teammates, and media, here is the entire 26:40 video below. I was so impressed with the 25-year old's speech, that I tweeted this out last night:
Refreshing to hear an acceptance speech so honest, heartfelt, and emotional like @KDTrey5
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Oklahoma City guard Reggie Jackson made some thunder of his own when he threw down a spectacular dunk over Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried at the Pepsi Center last night. Denver won the game 101-88 but let's just say that Faried won't soon forget being dunked on by the shorter Jackson...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant had 28 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their 12th straight home game to open the season, holding off the Orlando Magic for a 101-98 victory Sunday night.
It has been since the 2007-08 season that Supersonics have been in Seattle. The Sonics relocated to Oklahoma City starting the 2008-09 season.
Sure people in Seattle miss the Sonics but you would think that people would have let the hostility go that the Sonics left...