The Oklahoma City Thunder's defense, similar to the Detroit Pistons, stands out in the NBA for its robust, physical play, ...

The Pacers' desire to push the ball will test the Thunder's trapping defense in the 2025 NBA Finals. John Schuhmann The Pacers are at their best scoring off made baskets, which is a strategy ...

Surely, when Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti pulled the trigger on the rare ‘one-for-one’ swap of Josh Giddey for Alex Caruso with the Chicago Bulls last summer, this was the sort of playoff ...

The Thunder’s defense has been suffocating all postseason ... And Rick Carlisle is a genius-level coach who will employ every possible strategy at his disposal. And yet ...

But the Thunder's matchup versatility on defense should play to its advantage ... Oklahoma City might not immediately employ the same strategy for Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert here, but there's ...

If the best 3-point defense in basketball could just prevent ... As Daigneault pointed out, fouling up three is not new for the Thunder. It's the strategy they've used all season, and they ...

The Thunder defense allowed 3.6 fewer points per 100 ... forcing him to pass early in the shot clock to his teammates. Expect similar strategies designed to force “the others” to generate ...

The Timberwolves are back in the Western Conference Finals but might be bigger underdogs than a year ago. But here are three predictions.