While the Oklahoma City Thunder are busy with their Round 2 playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, the 2025 NBA draft lottery was revealed. The randomness always creates chaos. It happened again as the Dallas Mavericks landed the No. 1 pick and will likely add Cooper Flagg.

In Game 1 and Game 3, the Oklahoma City Thunder's resiliency in clutch situations was left to be desired. The team hadn't proved themselves in late-game scenari

With less than 30 seconds left in regulation, Gordon hit a 3 to tie the Denver Nuggets with the Oklahoma Thunder and send Game 3 into OT.

Nuggets guard Jamal Murray didn’t quite guarantee a Game 7 vs. the Thunder. He alluded to it, though, in between sips of his postgame recovery smoothie.

The second of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Elmore Spencer. After ending his college career at UNLV, Spencer was picked up with the 25th overall selection of the 1992 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Gilgeous-Alexander had his MVP moments in this one as well, finishing with 31 points and coming up big in the second half. The star guard got plenty of tough buckets when the Thunder needed him to most, including a clutch 3-pointer to increase the Oklahoma City lead to six in the final minutes.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (-130) are the odds-on favorite to win the 2025 NBA Championship after their Game 5 win against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, while the Indiana Pacers (+650) are the first team to advance to the Conference Finals with a 4-1 series win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.