If the Oklahoma City Thunder have shown anything over the first two months of the season, it's that they can certainly make noise this NBA season.
The top tiers are set. We know the Golden State Warriors are the class of the NBA. We know the San Antonio Spurs are only 3.5 games back of the Warriors in the Western Conference. (And a mere 4.5 games behind the Spurs are the Thunder.)
We know the Cleveland Cavaliers have the Eastern Conference on lockdown, if even by default as a constant shuffling from the lower seeds hasn't filtered out the East's next good team. And, even then, is there a team in the East who can defeat the Cavs in seven games this season?
And we know that a run for the Thunder comes with the looming shadows of the Warriors juggernaut and Kawhi Leonard's suffocating defense. But, the Thunder can do it. (If things ended today, the Thunder would see the Spurs in Round 2 and the Warriors in the conference finals.)
The Thunder are contenders. Their record may not have a pretty and smooth single digit in the loss column, but their numbers compete with the best, and that means San Antonio and Gol ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NBA
Article written by Chazz Scogna
The Oklahoma City Thunder Have Proven Themselves True Title Challengers
December 30th, 2015 by Chazz Scogna Leave a reply »
Advertisement