Thunder Defense Dominates While Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Continues Scoring Streak In Win vs. Mavs
The Thunder, even while shorthanded, dominated the Mavericks behind a suffocating, deeply layered defense and another effortless scoring masterpiece from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Daniel Bell OKLAHOMA CITY – Before the offense found its voice, the Thunder defense spoke first: quiet, certain, and absolutely unforgiving. On a night when their roster felt thin, Oklahoma City’s defense moved like […]
Thunder Use Big Third Quarter to Secure Win in Charlotte
The Thunder extended their win streak to five as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren powered a dominant third-quarter surge that lifted Oklahoma City past the Hornets 109-96. Daniel Bell CHARLOTTE – The Oklahoma City Thunder looked every bit like a team settling comfortably into its rhythm. Behind 33 points and 7 assists from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and […]
Thunder Once Again Flex Their Depth and Defense in Blowout Win Over Lakers
On the second night of a back-to-back, the Thunder sent a clear message to the NBA by dominating the Lakers 121-92 with elite defense, relentless energy, and near-flawless execution despite missing several key players. Daniel Bell OKLAHOMA CITY – Wednesday night it looked like the Thunder were trying to send a message. Not just to the […]
Emirates NBA Cup Preview
LAS VEGAS – The 2025 NBA Cup final is here and it’s going to be a really fun game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks. There are probably a lot of smart basketball minds that thought the Thunder would be in this position so they aren’t really a surprise but the Bucks on the […]
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams’ Big Nights Helps The Thunder Past Pelicans
Oklahoma City, OK – It’s game four of the six game homestead for the Thunder who welcome the Pelicans to town for an ESPN game appearance. This was supposed to be a premiere matchup for ESPN but both teams come into the game extremely injured with the Pelicans missing Zion Williamson, Herb Jones, CJ McCollum, DeJounte […]
Thunder Journal: Chet vs. Wemby
Throughout pop culture history, so many things just don’t quite live up to the hype. Brandon Rahbar Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The Game of Thrones finale. Ryan Leaf. New Coke. But every once in a while, there’s an exception to the rule. Enter Chet Holmgren vs. Victor Wembanyama. An early October preseason game […]
New And Old Faces Help OKC Topple Dallas In Vegas
The Thunder’s summer league debut in Utah capped off a successful stint, finishing 2-1 and receiving nice flashes from young players such as Jalen Williams and Tre Mann. This propelled the Thunder into Saturdays matchup with the Mavs, which would mark their first game of the Vegas portion. As the Thunder wisely shut down J-dub […]
NBA Finals Preview: Nuggets Look To Cool Down Heat
It feels like yesterday that I was getting jittery to write my preview for the upcoming NBA season. Looking back on that article, I noticed neither the Nuggets or Heat were even mentioned. While you could call it poor reporting, it more so shows the inexplicable nature this season has provided us. Flash forward to […]
Sam Presti Exit Interview (Part 5)
Hey it’s Josh from the First Take Thunder postgame show right here on 107.7 The Franchise! . I had the pleasure to attend the Sam Presti exit press conference on April 20th. It was 2 hours long and instead of posting one big chunk I’ve decided to cut it up in half hour segments for […]
Sam Presti Exit Interview (Part 3)
Hey it’s Josh from the First Take Thunder postgame show right here on 107.7 The Franchise! . I had the pleasure to attend the Sam Presti exit press conference on April 20th. It was 2 hours long and instead of posting one big chunk I’ve decided to cut it up in half hour segments for […]
