The Oklahoma City Thunder is not a newcomer to the NBA, he is the predecessor of the Seattle SuperSonics, so to talk about the history of the Thunder, you must first talk about the history of the SuperSonics.

SuperSonics is located in Seattle, unlike Detroit, most of the ** people living in this city are white-collar workers, or quite successful, high-ranking corporate executives, so Seattle is a fast-paced city but there is no shortage of Lang Man, Starbucks' headquarters is located here, and at the same time, it is also the headquarters of the world's largest aircraft manufacturer Boeing, so Seattle's NBA team is named SuperSonic, which is not surprising at all.

In the 1967-1968 season, the Seattle SuperSonics and the then San Diego Rockets entered the NBA at the same time, the two NBA newcomers can be described as difficult brothers, Seattle entered the NBA's third game to achieve the first victory in team history, the opponent is the Rockets, in the NBA's debut season, the SuperSonics sat in the league vice president position with a score of 23 wins and 59 losses, and the league's squad leader, is the 15-67 Rockets, after paying tuition for two consecutive seasons, The SuperSonics finally got the first real star in team history in a trade, and the future list of the league's top 50 stars - Lenny Wilkens, led by Wilkens with an average of 22.4 points and 8.2 assists per game, the SuperSonics won 30 games in the second year, and in the 1969-1970 season, Wilkens accepted both the role of player and coach, and three seasons later, Wilkens' SuperSonics team won a 47-35 regular season, with a winning rate of more than 50%, This is also the first time in the team's history. He continued to play his part on the court as a player, topping the league in total assists during both the 1969-70 and 1971-72 seasons.

After spending a few seasons in mediocrity, the supersonic gradually reached its peak, and in the 1977-78 season, the retired Lanny? Wilkens became the head coach of the SuperSonics again, and the SuperSonics went into the playoffs with a 47-35 record. After a 2-1 win over the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs (the first round was a best-of-3 series), they then beat the Trail Blazers and Nuggets to meet the Washington Bullets in the Finals, and after seven games between the two teams, the SuperSonics lost 99-105 in the final game and missed out on the championship. In the 1978-79 season, the SuperSonics surpassed 50 wins in the regular season for the first time in their first regular season and played their first 50+ wins season in franchise history[3], entering the playoffs with a 52-30 record. After beating the Lakers and Suns in the playoffs, the SuperSonics met the Bullets again in the Finals. After losing the first game, the SuperSonics won four games in a row to win the first NBA championship in franchise history.

In the decade after 1980, the team had ups and downs, with good and bad records, sometimes making it to the Finals, but sometimes not even making the playoffs, but in the late eighties, the construction of the second peak of the SuperSonics was gradually completed, Gary Payton replaced Nate McMillan as the team's starting point guard, and Sean Kemp gradually grew into an interior killer. In the 1993-1994 season, the team had a league-best record of 63-19 under George Karl, but unfortunately became the first team in history to be black-eight (the first team in the playoffs was eliminated by the eighth-place team, known as the black-eight). In the 1995-1996 season, Carl once again led the team to an excellent record of 64 wins and 18 losses, Payton and Kemp were selected as All-Stars at the same time, and in the playoffs, the SuperSonics Link Kings, Rockets, Jazz, advanced to the Finals, and in the face of Jordan's Bulls, the two superSonics did their best to limit Jordan to the least efficient one in Jordan's six Finals trips, but in the end he was defeated. This season, Payton became the first point guard in NBA history to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, and no one could have imagined that the superSonics' glorious years would last only one year. The next season, the SuperSonics lost to the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs, and they didn't even make the playoffs the next season, and the speed of the decline is staggering.

In the 1998-1999 offseason, the SuperSonics picked up a big treasure and selected Rashad Lewis (the 10th player in history to get a 100 million dollar contract) in the second round, and Lewis went through nine seasons with the SuperSonics, growing from a fringe man who averaged 2.2 points per game in his debut season to a star who can score 22 points per game.

In the 2002-2003 season, Ray Allen joined the SuperSonics, and now fans always think that Ray Allen is a pitcher, in fact, before he went to the Celtics, Ray Allen was also a very good ball-handling offensive player, with very good physical fitness, able to stage a variety of gorgeous dunks, his calf is called "stallion legs", explosive power, the 2014 dunk is proof, and Ray Allen's defensive ability is also very good, when he was with the Celtics, even though Allen was 34 years old, But there is still him to defend the opponent's first point of attack, and in five seasons with the SuperSonics, Ray Allen has not averaged less than 23 points per game in a season.

Lewis and Ray Allen, the supersonic formed the twin stars that made the league famous, but the substars did not bring glory to the supersounds, and the farthest they went was only the second round of the playoffs, after the end of the 2005-2006 season, the supersonic was sold off and bought by the Oklahoma City consortium - Clay Bennett, from 2006 to 2008, Bennett tried to move the supersonic to his hometown of Oklahoma City, but was strongly resisted by the people of Seattle, At the same time, the team fell into a rebuilding period, Lewis was signed by the Magic for 6 years and $118 million, Ray Allen was traded to the Celtics in exchange for Wally Szebiak, Delonte West and the No. 5 pick in 2007, and finally the SuperSonics selected Jeff Green for this pick, but this was definitely not the biggest gain of the SuperSonics in this year's draft, because they used the No. 2 pick in their hands to select Kevin Durant.

In 2008, negotiations between Bennett and Seattle broke down, and the team was relocated to Oklahoma City as Bennett had hoped, and Bennett left Seattle with the SuperSonics name and the team's logo and main colors for a future regrouping. The first season at Ford Center, Oklahoma City's new arena, was a disappointing one, with the team losing 59 of its 82 games despite Durant winning the Rookie of the Year trophy.

In the 2008 draft, the Thunder won the super physical Russell Westbrook with the fourth pick in the draft, and the 24th pick in the first round selected the inside gate Gilsey Ibaka, after the end of the season, the Thunder did not play the expected performance, the 23-59 record is hardly satisfactory, although the Thunder did not have a good record, but it was a blessing in disguise, the team got a scout pick, and in the 2009 draft, this pick was used to sign James Harden.

In the 2009-2010 season, the Thunder played an excellent record of 49-33 and entered the playoffs, head coach Scott Brooks won the honor of best head coach, Durant pressed LeBron James to average 30.1 points per game to win the scoring title, in the first round of the playoffs, the young, impactful Thunder against the experienced Lakers, a fight is inevitable.

In the first game of this round of the series, Durant, Green and Harden all played poorly, Durant only hit 7 of 24 shots, including 1 of 8 three-pointers, scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers, Green scored 10 points and 3 rebounds on 4-of-12 shooting, while Harden made three three-point shots in the 16 minutes of his playoff debut, all of them were missed, and he didn't score a point, and the full-court statistics were only 4 fouls and 1 turnover, 4 shots, and all the others were zero. Westbrook beat the aging Fisher, scoring 23 points and discharging 8 assists on 10-of-16 shots from 16 shots, with only one turnover, while the Lakers' star Kobe Bryant missed his shot under the entanglement of defensive titan Safrosha, scoring 21 points on only 6 of 19 shots, 2 turnovers and 5 fouls, the Lakers' best play was the inside twin tower Pau Gasol scored 19 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks on 7-of-14 shooting, and Andrew Bynum shot 6-of-10. With 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks, the Lakers won 87-79, driven by Gasol and Bynum.

The second game between the two teams was even more difficult, the Lakers 95-92 Thunder only won 3 points, Kobe Bryant dominated the court, scoring 39 points on 12-of-28 shooting, although Bynum did not play well, Gasol alone withstood the Lakers' inside, scoring 25 points and 12 rebounds on 8-of-14 shooting, Thunder's Durant played better, hitting 12 of 26 shots, scoring 32 points and 8 rebounds, Westbrook scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Green continued to be blown up by Gasol, The whole court was like sleepwalking, scoring 12 points and 4 rebounds on 2-of-11 shooting, it is worth mentioning that the data of the three-leader Harden is to play 10 minutes, 2 shots, both missed, and swallowed duck eggs, except for 1 rebound and 1 assist, the other statistics are 0.