How to watch Thunder at Spurs as Oklahoma City pursues NBA's best record

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets another primetime push for his MVP campaign, while the Oklahoma City Thunder earn a national audience for their sublime brand of basketball.

Theyll be huge favorites on the road against DeAaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.

The benchmark for Thunder success has to be the 2011-14 era, in which the nascent franchise made its only Finals appearance to date and fielded three future MVPs .

Their best net rating in that stretch was a +9.8.

Get this: The current OKC squad is up to +12.7.

Everything about these guys feels special, from their elastic and clever lead playmaker to their unrelenting top-ranked defense.

The Thunder hit Friday on pace for a 67-win season, with their top seven in minutes played all 26 or younger.

If NBA teams were eligible for Academy Awards this weekend, it would be hard to slight Oklahoma City for Best Picture.

Mark Daigneault is basketballs Alfred Hitchcock.

Advertisement This Spurs season wouldnt win any major awards, though their banger of a City Edition jersey would deserve Best Costume Design.

The Talavera-style patterning and faded denim colorway is one of the best in the game.

It was a merciless month for San Antonio on the floor.

Landing the franchises long-term initiator at point guard smooths everything over, but Foxs February splits with the Spurs are a bit undercooked at 43/27/78.

Devin Vassell was far worse, below 40 percent from the floor and below 26 behind the arc.

The Fox-fronted offense is eighth in pace through its first 10 games (3-7).

Trend watch: The Thunder have a juggernauts +15.8 plus/minus since Feb.

1.

They have the leagues lowest turnover rate despite running the 10th-fastest pace.

SGA was the months top scorer, while Aaron Wiggins put up 54/44/91 shooting splits in more than 27 minutes per game.

Recent Thunder defense highlights that inspire a stink face: https://t.co/9PevWdetRT pic.twitter.com/BdWGeaYR8g OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) February 27, 2025 Now this...is a work of art pic.twitter.com/yCdoWna6Z5 OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) February 25, 2025 30 seconds of quintessential OKC Thunder basketball pic.twitter.com/F3SYp2xRaJ OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) February 24, 2025 Starting five of players to wear both jerseys: Its a thin team ...

because that Thunder jersey didnt exist until 2008-09.

If we went by the entire franchise history (Spurs/Chaparrals, Thunder/Supersonics), we could add Dale Ellis, Brent Barry and Avery Johnson.

(Photo of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Patrick Smith / Getty Images).

This article has been shared from the original article on theathleticuk, here is the link to the original article.