Officials on Saturday announced that Sunday’s Thunder UP in the Park will open at noon due to the possibility of storms moving through the Oklahoma City metro.

The Thunder dropped the first game of their second-round series against Denver in similar, heartbreaking fashion on Aaron Gordon's late shot. Oklahoma City stormed back to win Game 2 by 43 points. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points in Game 1, the third-most for a player in his NBA Finals debut.

The Oklahoma City Thunder went with Cason Wallace over Isaiah Hartenstein. That meant Chet Holmgren slid down to his natural center position. The move had its desired results of creating havoc in the perimeter and forcing turnovers at a high rate. The only problem was that they only scored 11 points off the 25 turnovers they created.

Sam Anderson, a staff writer for The Times Magazine, first wrote about the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012. He is the author of “Boom Town” (2018), a book about the team and the city it calls home.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been the best team in the NBA all season. The Thunder now have a chance to write the perfect ending to their season against the the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals.

Chet Holmgren vows Oklahoma City Thunder must be better on boards after Indiana Pacers won Game 1 rebound battle.

The Thunder didn’t even exist in Oklahoma City when the 1995 bombing happened; the franchise that had been known as the Seattle SuperSonics didn’t relocate to America’s heartland until more than a decade later.