It was a career night from Isaiah Hartenstein in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 131-101 win over the Sacramento Kings to open up NBA Cup play on Friday night.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have shown that they can not only survive, but thrive without one of their highest-paid players. The Oklahoma City Thunder are looking even more formidable this season compared to their title-winning campaign, now sitting 9-1 across their first 10 games.
Oklahoma City secured a big win on Friday night, and it counts for more than a typical regular season game. Over the first eight games, the Thunder went undefeated, with an 8-0 record becoming a new franchise best to start a season.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
Injury luck has been rough for the Oklahoma City Thunder this year. Forwards Jalen Williams and Kenrich Williams, guard Nikola Topic and first-round center Thomas Sorber have not played, center Chet Holmgren has missed four games and guard Isaiah Joe has been limited to just five appearances so far this season.
It seems like every superstar in the NBA is attempting to stake their claim as the best player on the planet at the start of the 2025-26 season. Giannis
Isaiah Hartenstein and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander went over 30 points together for the first time, Ajay Mitchell put up his second career double-double and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder thrashed the Sacramento Kings 132-101 in each team's NBA Cup opener on Friday night.
A few weeks into the season, the NBA community is evaluating all the new talent that joined their respective teams. From big free agent signings to rookies making their debuts, it has been a fun few weeks seeing new faces in new places in the league.
Isaiah Joe has been the Oklahoma City Thunder’s premier sharpshooter for years. This season, Joe has elevated his shooting to a new level. He’s given OKC much-needed floor spacing, and the offense has been vastly improved with him on the floor.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins’ name was added to the injury report as ruled out ahead of facing the Sacramento Kings in an NBA Cup game on Friday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t pop champagne bottles over their latest milestone. Why would they? They barely drank even after winning their first NBA championship.
As far as defending champions go, the Oklahoma City Thunder did well to start a franchise record of 8-0. Of course, that’s a whole lot impressive considering the fact that they went swinging without their best players.
The Oklahoma City Thunder currently lead the Western Conference, despite losing their first game of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder have demonstrated they remain favorites while appearing even stronger than during their championship season.
The undefeated dream is over. After eight straight victories to open the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder finally tasted defeat, and it came in the most gut-wrenching way imaginable.
Deni Avdija recorded 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Portland Trail Blazers recorded a 121-119 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night to hand the defending NBA champions their first setback of the season.
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is on a historic run. The reigning NBA MVP is dominating the league once again, while putting his foot down in the sneaker industry.
The Oklahoma City Thunder is enjoying a hot start to a season once more. It cannot be denied that the defending champions are showing a lot of grit and confidence one match after another.
With a strong 126-107 win against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder remain undefeated, the only unbeaten team in the league to start the season.
The Oklahoma City Thunder regularly dominate the Trail Blazers, and they will attempt to post their 17th consecutive victory in the series when they visit Portland on Wednesday night.