Thunder (Title) Happened

It was not raining, (it is so hot) however, “Thunder happened,” in the form of the franchise’s first and Oklahoma City’s only pro crown, winning #7, (103-91) vs the Indiana Pacers.

A (9-0) third quarter “Thunder rumble” (the 9 points on consecutive 3’s by final round MVP Shai Gilgeous- Alexander (29 points), Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams (20 pts.) put “City” ahead to stay denying a game “Indy” team, whose star player, Tyrese Haliburton suffered an achilles injury midway or so, through the first quarter and of course did not return. (As with Tatum of Boston, next year play is also unlikely, one would hope not, but think so) was the highlight.

The Thunder, as both the Seattle SuperSonics and current form are now (2-3) in NBA final rounds with a (14-16) mark in such games, while Indiana (the state is (0-4) as in consecutive years, ’55 and ’56–first Dolph Schayes, George King and the Syracuse Nationals 7’d and Philadelphia Warriors with Tom Gola 5’d the Fort Wayne Pistons) is (0-2) in final rounds and (5-8) in games.

Chet Holmgren had a big game for the title winning (84-21) Thunder hitting for 18 points and grabbing 8 rebounds. In defeat, T.J. McConnell of the Pacers impressed, scoring 16 points and as an indicator of “City” going up 22 points, had all of his team’s points for a 13 minutes, one second span minutes span in which the 56 all score, became (90-68) “Ok City.”

While for a 31st consecutive, completed NHL season a team from Canada was denied the NHL crown, Canadian player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (pictured above) of the title winning Thunder (12 assists in #7) won the NBA final round MVP, “reg” MVP and scoring title in 2024-2025.

Oh, thunder only happens when it’s raining Players only love you when they’re playing