Kelly Oubre made a strong drive to the basket, but as the Sixers wing got to the rim, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander elevated in front of him and smacked the ball out of the air. A few seconds later ...

showing how important basketball is to the Thunder's roster. Additionally, the team never seems to waver, even when trailing. In Oklahoma City's New Year's Eve contest against the Minnesota ...

It was all beautiful basketball. And there was a lot more where that came from; those bits of exquisiteness happened in just the first two-ish minutes of Oklahoma City's beatdown of Philadelphia ...