The way that Oklahoma City Thunder He won their place in The American Professional League The finals seemed appropriate: it was another explosion. That was the story of the thunder season.
There was no team in the history of the American Professional League with at least 12 wins by 30 points or more in one season – or with four such as in the post -season period – so far. Thunder collects one of the most dominant years in the history of the league in terms of the superiority of opponents. The introduction of this list: 124-94 on Minnesota to cancel the title of the Western Conference, the result that may have been much worse if thunder was largely inclined.
“This is not our goal,” Thunder Guard, NBA MVP and West Finals MVP Gilgos Alexander tea He said. “We did not start the season as we want to win the West. We want to win the American Professional League Championship. Now we are about to be closer to our goal and we are happy with that. But there are still four other games to win, and four truly difficult games to win, and we must be the best version of ourselves for four nights to reach the final goal.”
Look inside the numbers is a picture of how this season prevails for thunder:
They win 12.5 points for each game
The largest differential point for each game was published in the history of the American Professional League, including the qualifiers, by 1970-1971 Milwokuki Paczz – Those who surpassed the teams by 12.6 points for each game.
In the normal season alone, the thunder brand is 12.9 points for each game Record From 12.3 it was developed by 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers. Thunder wins by 12.5 for each game when calculating the regular season and qualifiers (the American Professional League Cup game, by league virtue, does not appear in any official statistics kept).
Even as the normal season decreased, it represents 12.5 the second largest rate in the history of the league, at the present time.
NBA MVP ShaI Gilgeous-Elexander is located in the heart of historical thunder dominance. (Photo by William Burnil/Getty Emima)
They beat 28 out of 29 teams from the American Professional League team with double numbers at least once this season. The only team that avoids this fate against thunder was the Golden State, which already outperformed Oklahoma City with an average of 4.7 points for each game in the face -to -face matches.
“They embody everything that it means to be a team,” said Al -Raad coach Mark Digenol. Thus, they deserve it. They deserve the opportunity we have now. I cannot be happier for them because they invest a lot in their own games, but they invest a lot in each other and in the team. I only think it is really unfamiliar in the professional basketball they built. “
30 points win
There were 13 games this season, which included thunder, which was decided by 30 points or more. They won 12 of them.
Minnesota suffocated thunder in the game 3 of the West Finals, and won 42 points. It was a rare seizure for Oklahoma.
The Thunder scored at least 30 points in each series-by defeating 51 points against Memphis in the first round, and won 43 and 32 points over Denver in round 2, and now the 30-point index that has canceled Minnesota in round 3.
[Related: OKC is in the NBA Finals: How the Thunder advanced and went wrong for the Wolves]
Oklahoma City’s eight wins came 30 points in the normal season against teams that everyone missed in the qualifiers; Toronto, Washington, Sacramento, Phoenix, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Charlotte and Utah. But to do this four times in the qualifiers speak to the ability that thunder must escape simply from opposing quality.
“They are a really good team,” said Minnesota star Anthony Edwards. “Everyone here knows that. It is not surprising that no one here is that this team is very good.”
80 wins
Oklahoma City is now 80 wins this season, including the qualifiers. It is the fifteenth time in the history of the American Professional League that the team won 80 in one season.
If thunder wins the American Professional League title, they will end with 84 wins-which is only a total of 2015-16 Golden State Warriors (88), 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls (87) and 1996-97 The bulls reached (84).
“Happy at the present time, but this is not our goal,” said Gilgos Alexander. “This is not the end of the road … another series to try to win.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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