We are almost halfway through the NBA regular season, and most basketball fans have a pretty clear picture of who is expected to make a legitimate run at the NBA Finals.
The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs are the trendy picks out West, while it appears the Cleveland Cavaliers have a relatively clear path to the Finals in the East when they're at full strength.
However, it's much more fun to predict an "under-the-radar" team having success in the playoffs, although it's hard to call the Oklahoma City Thunder a "sleeper" team with the amount of talent on their roster.
At 24-11 and in third place in the Western Conference behind only Golden State and San Antonio, it's hard to find fault in what the Thunder have done to this point.
However, expectations are extremely high in Oklahoma City this year, especially with the possibility of Kevin Durant leaving in free agency in the offseason.
Despite breaking in a new coach in Billy Donovan, the Thunder have continued their usual dominance on offense.
Any team that has two of the top five scorers in the entir ...
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