When the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008, the franchise needed a new identity, but OKC Thunder wasn't always the front-runner.

The Pacers dominated the rebounding battle in Game 1, but the Thunder were able to out-rebound Indiana 43-35 in Game 2. OKC also got a much better performance from Chet Holmgren, who scored 15 points after being held to just six points in Game 1.

The Thunder didn’t even exist in Oklahoma City when the 1995 bombing happened; the franchise that had been known as the Seattle SuperSonics didn’t relocate to America’s heartland until more than a decade later.

NBA regular season with very few question marks after a breakthrough 57-win campaign. The questions are what any contending team would want asked of it. Can the Thunder repeat as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference?

The Oklahoma City Thunder have its back against the wall again. At some point, they have to shift its mindset.

An assistant on the 2012 team, coach Kalamian has a pretty good insight into how the two squads would fare in a seven-game series.

The modern iteration of the city, of course, is not just shaped by its urban renewal, but by the never-healing scar of being subject to the worst domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history — the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995, which killed 168 people.

Chances are, you have seen Nicole Tissington’s work on social media. From a Thunder hat to a Thunder jersey, she is getting creative in her Thunder-themed cakes.