However, Perkins thinks that potential all went to waste after Harden lost focus in the 2012 NBA Finals, when the former admitted that The Beard had been distracted by strip clubs. "Russ and KD came to play.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/thunder/onsi as Veteran OKC Thunder Forward Still Looking to Find Rhythm. Oklahoma City has had a near-perfect two months to begin the season, but one of the team’s longest-tenured players is still struggling to find his role.

Oklahoma City employees raised more than a half million dollars going above and beyond their goal for the 2025 Heart of the City Charitable Campaign.

The Oklahoma City Thunder held practice on Wednesday, Dec. 17. It's the last day of a mini-four-day Christmas break thanks to the funky NBA Cup tournament. The Thunder will host the LA Clippers on Thursday before they travel to face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday in an impromptu home-and-road back-to-back created by the NBA Cup schedule.

There will be no NBA Cup this season for the reigning NBA champions, whose 16-game winning streak ended in a 111-109 loss to San Antonio in the tournament semifinals Saturday night. The Thunder are 24-2, with both losses by two points.

That dropped the Thunder to 24-2 on the season, “only” a record 76-win pace. They are off to the second-fastest start in NBA history, trailing only the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors, who were 25-1 and went on to set an NBA record 73 wins that season.

“I think every little girl, every little boy all the way to grandma and grandpa, has some sort of happy memory attached to the Nutcracker,” said Erica Portell, Director of Community Engagement with the Oklahoma City Ballet.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will host Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers at 7 p.m. CST Thursday.