Category: Thunder Stories
Deonte Burton, Mr. Irresistible
"Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door." Kyle Chandler Deonte Burton does not know how to knock. Burton has been away with the Oklahoma City Thunder's G-League team the Oklahoma City Blue for the most of December and January. The Thunder have only 45 days to work with Burton ...
Triple-Double City
If you could win a championship on chemistry and team morale alone your new NBA champions would be the Oklahoma City Thunder. Proof of this would be the Thunder's 120-111 victory over the Portland Trailblazers on Monday night. Thunder fans have seen a successful duo before in the form of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, ...
‘Next man up’ performance, balanced Thunder team is Warriors biggest threat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHHa9PFYZM Game highlights. With Jerami Grant and Dennis Schröder out against the Portland Trail Blazers that sit just one spot under the Thunder in the Western Conference, Deonte Burton and Raymond Felton picked up the slack, helping will the Thunder into another big victory as they close in on the NBA All-star game. The Thunder ...
Flip flop of halves, Thunder rally from 26 to knock off Rockets
"We have to stop with this narrative Russ isn't doing well. Russ is doing everything for this team. We rally behind Russ"Paul George's postgame interview with Lisa Salters. The first half of Oklahoma City's road game against the Houston Rockets went abysmally. The second half displayed a complete turnaround, thus shining another light on how ...
Westbrook’s assists are more vital than his points
Hours after the NBA trade deadline, the Oklahoma City Thunder welcomed a depleted Memphis Grizzlies team to the Chesapeake Energy Arena. After trading a few of their pieces away, notably their long-time staple Marc Gasol to the Toronto Raptors, they only suited up nine players. After an uninspired first half, the Thunder turned the jets ...
A star is emerging in the 405
A star is emerging in Oklahoma City and that star is 20-year-old guard Terrance Ferguson. It took a midnight phone call and a lengthy meet up from the former MVP in Russell Westbrook that has turned a season that looked like it was going down hill with a speed that was beginning to be worrying ...
Thunder will threaten Warriors if they stick to authentic identity
Instead of fighting fire with fire, why not fight fire with it's biggest weakness, water? Basketball speaking, while every NBA team's gameplan is to stock up on shooting power to compete against the Golden State Warriors, the Oklahoma City Thunder look to dethrone the Warriors dynasty with their stifling defense. Other than a slow early ...