After a rare four-day break in the middle of the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder return to action on Thursday night against the L.A. Clippers on the front end

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.

The same conversation followed around Kevin Durant’s and Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors. In 2016, Durant joined a group that lost in the finals after a magical 73-9 regular season. The Warriors won the title in each of the next two years. Yet, some teams still chose to compete with them.

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.

Unlike last year, the Oklahoma City Thunder were in the comfort of their own homes as the 2025 NBA Cup finals played out. All eyes in the NBA world were on the New York Knicks as they beat the San Antonio Spurs to win the in-season tournament.

New renderings obtained by The Oklahoman show an expansive Thunder Alley across from the Myriad Gardens and a parking garage.

NBA All-Star voting is now open, allowing Oklahoma City Thunder fans to support their favorite players as the team makes an impressive start to the season. To vote, fans can go to OKCThunder.com/vote to have their say. They will need to have an NBA ID to make the selections.

The Thunder traveled back to OKC with some money in their pockets. They received $107K per player. For context, the NBA Cup winner sees each player get $531K. The runner-up will see $212K per player. And the quarterfinals losers get $54K per player.

Robert O'Connell of the Wall Street Journal believes the 2025-26 Thunder is en route to becoming the best NBA team in history.

The OKC Thunder is already looking forward to facing the San Antonio Spurs again after suffering a narrow NBA Cup semifinals loss Saturday.

Oklahoma City lost its second game of the season last weekend, and once again, it came down to the wire. It took a perfect storm for this Thunder team to finally drop one — namely Victor Wembanyama’s nearly flawless return, and Oklahoma City going ice cold from long range.