The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off one of the best seasons in NBA history. Their 68 regular season wins were tied for the fourth most ever, and they capitalized by winning the NBA Finals. Somehow, they could be even better this year, and they proved why they are favored to repeat as champions during their season opener. It took two overtimes to do so, but the Thunder won their first game against a very good Houston Rockets team that had arguably the best offseason in the league after earning the No. 2 seed last season.
Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got off to somewhat of a slow start, but he led his team to victory and hit the game-winning free throws. The rest of the team did what they always do, and that is play a winning brand of basketball that perfectly complements