LAS VEGAS -- Minutes after the Oklahoma City Thunder 's second loss of the season, some of the defending champions' veterans loudly and playfully chided injured rookie Thomas Sorber for failing to have towels in their lockers on time.

They laughed while declaring that this failure to properly execute a rookie duty would result in Sorber having to "spin" when the team returned home, referring to a Wheel of Fortune-style device at the team's practice facility that is used to assign an additional chore.

The Thunder were disappointed by their 111-109 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Saturday's NBA Cup semifinal -- which snapped Oklahoma City's franchise-record 16-game winning streak -- but were far from despondent.

"Personally, I think it's exciting," Oklahoma City superstar Shai G

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