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Most Thunder players weren't born when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed 30 years ago. But they have learned the story.
The young team’s rise has been fuelled by a happy chemistry. But, after a Game One loss in the N.B.A. Finals, will it be enough?
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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.
Sam Anderson, a staff writer for The Times Magazine, first wrote about the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012. He is the author of “Boom Town” (2018), a book about the team and the city it calls home.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals could have been an especially crushing defeat for a young Oklahoma City Thunder team had they not dealt with nearly the exact same scenario earlier in these same playoffs
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are battling the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals, down 0-1 in the series they have to play catchup in its quest for its first NB
Officials on Saturday announced that Sunday’s Thunder UP in the Park will open at noon due to the possibility of storms moving through the Oklahoma City metro.