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Before facing the Portland Blazers on New Year’s Eve, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren said opposing teams defend him unlike any one of his other teammates. Holmgren bounced back from losing to the Spurs with a team-high 29 points, nine rebounds, and four blocks in a 129-104 blowout win against the Philadelphia 76ers. Then, […]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault watched veteran Alex Caruso enter Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks 3-for-15 from deep in his last two outings, which didn’t discourage the guard’s offense in a 140-129 win. While Daigneault gushed over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s growth as a scorer over the years, he commended Caruso’s confidence. Caruso finished […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — As the Oklahoma City Thunder’s reigning MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is considered an early candidate to win the illustrious award in back-to-back seasons, coach Mark Daigneault addressed the growth he’s seen. Gilgeous-Alexander is regarded as a clear MVP favorite, especially following Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic’s recent knee injury, which will keep the […]

On Monday, the Oklahoma City Thunder picked up another win with a 140-129 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. It was another outstanding game for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 39 points to go along with six rebounds and six assists in the win. On Tuesday, it was announced by ESPN’s Shams Charania that Denver Nuggets star […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Amid a tightly-contested final frame against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and the Atlanta Hawks that saw a 15-point deficit dwindled to four (129-125). Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault reinserted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander down the stretch, while his cousin — Alexander-Walker — led a Trae Young and Jalen Johnson-less […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 140-129 win against the Atlanta Hawks, All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the first NBA player to reach 1,000 points in the 2025-26 season. Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder followed up their win against the Hawks with an 11-point win on the second night of a back-to-back at the Paycom […]

Masterful. Brilliant. Sensational. Extraordinary. We could keep rattling off words to describe what Nikola Jokic has achieved this season, but the three letters that stand out after seeing the Denver Nuggets center perform on NBA Christmas Day are MVP.  Since the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, Oklahoma City Thunder guard and reigning league MVP Shai […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — After leading the Philadelphia 76ers with 23 points on 8-for-10 shooting in the first half, All-Star Tyrese Maxey scored five points on 2-for-8 attempts in the second half of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 129-104 win on Sunday. Holmgren turned in one of his better performances of the season, finishing with 29 points […]

Throughout the first two months of the 2025-26 NBA season, nobody has been able to stop the Oklahoma City Thunder. The defending champions steamrolled through their schedule entering December, and it appeared as if the Thunder would remain atop the NBA power rankings the entire year… that is, until they ran into the San Antonio […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For the first time in three tries, Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder returned to the win column against the Philadelpha 76ers after a two-game skid to the San Antonio Spurs. Clinging onto a two-point lead at halftime (64-62), Holmgren and the Thunder stepped their defense up in the second half. […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — After missing the first 19 games of the season, due to undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star forward Jalen Williams made his season debut in late November. Williams discussed adapting to his surgically-repaired wrist this season, revealing how the screws in wrist would […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chris Youngblood made a critical block at the rim, followed by a three, and then hit another to force overtime in the fourth quarter of the G League OKC Blue’s 124-123 win against the South Bay Lakers. Youngblood knows his shooting earned him a two-way contract, which stood out […]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault offered an update on Nikola Topic after the rookie participated in pregame shootaround before the previous two home games at the Paycom Center, following his testicular cancer diagnosis. Fans were thrilled to see Topic on the floor during Thunder pregame shootaround. Daigneault commended Topic’s approach amid cancer treatment, […]

After losing to the San Antonio Spurs for a third time in 12 days, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault has had more than a day to digest what went awry for the defending champions. During his postgame media availability, Daigneault gave Victory Wembanyama and the Spurs their flowers, while emphasizing San Antonio’s approach extends […]

While All-Star Jalen Williams compares the San Antonio Spurs to the 2023-24 Oklahoma City Thunder, Alex Caruso sees a reflection of last year’s championship team. Williams’ take on the Spurs dominating the Thunder in two of three games over 12 days came off as pretentious, comparing a team, on the heels of a Christmas Day […]

As NBA analysts continue to react to Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic’s historic 56-point Christmas Day classic, has he surpassed Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the MVP race? Zach Lowe believes so. After Jokic and the Nuggets’ 142-138 overtime thriller against the Minnesota Timberwolves, coupled with the Thunder’s recent string of losses to […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder met its number one contender and biggest threat to repeating as NBA champions in the San Antonio Spurs. After winning six of eight games without All-Star Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs beat the Thunder not once, not twice, but three times in December, including a 20-point blowout two days […]

The NBA owns Christmas Day, regardless of what other leagues try to do to assert their dominance on the 25th of December. That was pretty evident on Thursday, as all five Christmas Day games in the NBA delivered compelling storylines and must-see action. This marquee five-game slate Santa Claus gave us started with a two-point […]

As the NBA world continues to react to the San Antonio Spurs go 3-0 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in December, ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins is calling out Chet Holmgren. Between All-Star Victor Wembanyama dismissing any comparisons to the Thunder’s 7-footer, and an abysmal performance in a 117-102 loss on Christmas Day, Holmgren has struggled in […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — All-Star Jalen Williams saw a younger version of himself and the Oklahoma City Thunder amid the San Antonio Spurs’ 117-102 win on Christmas Day. After Williams stated the obvious about the Spurs’ All-Star center, Victor Wembanyama, and his defensive presence, he commended San Antonio’s collective offensive approach. The manner in which the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For the third time in two weeks, the San Antonio Spurs defeated head coach Mark Daigneault and the Oklahoma City Thunder with a limited Victor Wembanyama, coming off the bench, in a 117-102 Christmas Day loss. With that kind of successful ratio, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander considers the Spurs a better team than the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star forward Jalen Williams, San Antonio Spurs All-Star center Victor Wembanyama’s impact in a 117-102 Christmas Day loss was stating the obvious, according to his postgame press conference. Before All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander declared the Spurs a better team than the Thunder, Williams discussed Wembanyama’s disruptive approach as to […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — For the third time in two weeks, the San Antonio Spurs defeated All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 117-102 win. While some considered the Thunder’s Christmas Day matchup against the Spurs a must-win, Gilgeous-Alexander revealed what a third loss in two weeks to the Spurs means. For Gilgeous-Alexander, the Spurs […]

As the San Antonio Spurs face the Oklahoma City Thunder in their Christmas Day matchup Thursday afternoon, Spurs star Victor Wembanyama delivered a brief but animated reaction during a key first-half moment. Midway through the second quarter, Wembanyama fouled Thunder center Chet Holmgren as Holmgren went to the free-throw line. After Holmgren missed the attempt, […]

Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins believes the Oklahoma City Thunder face a critical psychological test on Christmas Day when they host the San Antonio Spurs, framing the matchup as a must-win despite Oklahoma City’s status as the defending champions. Perkins shared his assessment Thursday on ESPN’s Get Up, emphasizing confidence, momentum and postseason implications as […]

NBA on Christmas Day games are among the most important in basketball. The league pairs up the best teams in the biggest rivalries, and teams usually deliver with iconic performances. All of these teams playing on Dec. 25, 2025, are primed to contend for the NBA Finals, and Christmas Day games could preview that. However, […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have the best record in the league once again, as they are currently 26-4. Funny enough, three of those losses have come in the past five games, and two of them have been at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs have shown this season that they are not […]

Jalen Williams and the Oklahoma City Thunder have surrendered four losses on the second night of back-to-backs, but the All-Star forward isn’t making excuses. The San Antonio Spurs’ 20-point statement win against the Thunder is the worst loss of the season for the defending champions. Still, Williams pointed to the Thunder’s starting lineup starting in […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is set to reach a rare milestone on Christmas Day as the Oklahoma City Thunder prepare to host the San Antonio Spurs in a nationally televised matchup on ABC and ESPN. According to NBAPR, Gilgeous-Alexander will become the first reigning Kia NBA MVP and Finals MVP to play on Christmas Day since LeBron […]

After a 130-110 victory against All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama set the record straight about a rivalry with the defending champions. Wembanyama and the Spurs handed the Thunder its worst loss of the season. In a game where Oklahoma City faced it first 20+ point deficit, San Antonio […]

The NBA world is ever-changing, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is making headlines for the Oklahoma City Thunder. This has prompted LeBron James to make comparisons between Gilgeous-Alexander and James Harden, noting how similar the two players are, in a recent interview with the Mind the Game podcast. "You gotta keep him off the free-throw line. Which […]

Following a 130-110 victory vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs continue to sit second in the Western Conference. Victor Wembanyama and company have now handed OKC two of their four losses (both in the span of just a week and a half) to pull to within just three losses of the defending […]

Following the worst loss of the season, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault says the San Antonio Spurs’ “statement” win gives his team plenty to learn from between now and Christmas Day. After Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received “Flopper” chants from Spurs fans, perhaps some home cooking at the Paycom Center will help the […]

The Frost Bank Center got a great show, as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 130-110, showing dominance against the team with the best record in the NBA. On a night where Victor Wembanyama did not do much, the Spurs still thrived. Instead, Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle dominated, and this is […]

In a 130-110 win, All-Star Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs sent a message to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Wembanyama and the Spurs can’t wait for Christmas, coming off a pair of wins that equate to half of the losses in the NBA-leading Thunder’s 26-4 record. After a blowout victory, where Victor’s 101-game streak […]

Although Chet Holmgren is an impressive young talent who was a core member of a championship team, few people believe he is presently superior to Victor Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs center is already an All-Star who could earn an All-NBA selection in the near future, and yet, he apparently still feels the need to […]

Lately, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been putting up Wilt Chamberlain-like numbers. Meanwhile, the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, remain the best team in the NBA.  However, some perceive him as a “flopper,” and among them are fans of the San Antonio Spurs. On Tuesday, the Thunder took on the Spurs in San Antonio.  From the […]

San Antonio Spurs veteran Harrison Barnes isn’t shying away from admitting to what the rest of the NBA sees. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s fantastic start off the heels of their NBA championship puts them in a league of their own. For now. The reality is that ‘now’ could change before long. “We’re on a collision […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort entered Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies shooting 29.8% from deep, while averaging 6.3 points in December, but coach Mark Daigneault wasn’t concerned. While some wondered whether Cason Wallace should be permanently starting over Dort, Daigneault dismissed that notion without elaborating after a 119-103 Thunder win over the Grizzlies. […]