OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Your defending NBA Champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder took the court to tip off the NBA season Tuesday night.

Fans poured into the Paycom Center to cheer on their team, as they watched the ring ceremony and banner get lifted into the rafters, cementing their championship in history.

"Obviously super excited right now, first game of the season," Halle Gotico, Thunder fan said.

"I feel great, man, energy is awesome," Grayson Baker, Thunder fan said. "Just like game seven in the finals. There was no break. Feels like we're right back."

That championship feeling was coursing through the arena.

"I got a lot of people who live in a lot of other places, and I got to talk a lot of trash," Irwin Wyatt, Thunder fan said.

Fans wanted to make sure they were in their seat

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