The Chesapeake Energy Arena, formerly known as the Ford Center Arena, is a multi-purpose arena located in the center of Oklahoma, named by the Chesapeake Group, and put into use in 2002 with a maximum capacity of 19,600 people. Between 2005-2006, the arena also served as the home of the hurricane-affected New Orleans Hornets, before the SuperSonics (the predecessor of the Thunder) moved in and used as the home of the Thunder.

In the 2005-06 season, in order to replace Nate McMillan, the SuperSonics appointed Bob Weiss as their new head coach. The scheme proved to be ineffective from the start, with the SuperSonics starting with five wins and four defeats, stumbling to a 6-8 record in November. The team continued to struggle in December, and after losing the first game of the new year, management decided to change course and Weiss was sacked after only 30 games in charge with 13 wins and 17 losses. Under new coach Bob Hill, the SuperSonics didn't improve much, and the team ended up sitting third in the division with a disappointing 35-47. The only bright spot was that Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis both averaged more than 20 points per game.

At the end of the season, the Seattle SuperSonics were sold to an investment group in Oklahoma, which expressed a desire to move the team to Oklahoma City, declaring that the key arena, which had been renovated 10 years earlier, was too old and needed to be replaced. With the team's contract with Seattle set to expire in 2010, fans began organizing the Save Our SuperSonics group in an effort to keep the team in Seattle.

In the 2006-07 season, as the team was sold to Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett, the voices about the SuperSonics leaving Seattle grew louder. After the purchase of the team was approved by NBA owners, Bennett issued an ultimatum to the City of Seattle that he would move the team if it did not make plans to build a new arena by October 31, 2007.

On the court, the SuperSonics ranked first from the bottom of the Northwest Division with a record of 31 wins and 51 losses. At the end of the season, SuperSonics coach Bob Hill was fired and replaced by P.J. Calesimo. At the same time, the SuperSonics decided to begin a rebuild, sending Ray Allen to the Boston Celtics in exchange for the No. 5 pick that drafted Jeff Green, as well as Wally Szczebiak and Delonte West. Losing Rashard Lewis along with trading Allen, the Orlando Magic signed free agent Lewis. After selecting Kevin Durant with the No. 2 pick, the SuperSonics added some veteran experience to the team, signing Kurt Thomas from the Phoenix Suns.

The 2007-08 season was a frustration for the SuperSonics, and after negotiations with the City of Seattle for a new arena broke down, owner Clay Bennett publicly stated that he would move the team to his hometown of Oklahoma City. On the court, the SuperSonics did not have enough talent to complement the team's rookie forward Kevin Durant due to Ray Allen being traded, and new coach P.J. Callesimo started the season with an eight-game losing streak and a 3-14 record in his first month. In the end, the SuperSonics only had the worst regular season record of 20-62 in team history. On the player side: Kevin Durant leads all rookies with 20.3 points per game and wins the Rookie of the Year award.

In 2008, after a brief legal battle, team owner Bennett and the City of Seattle reached an agreement to leave the team's original name and colors for Seattle so that the city's new team could one day be used, while bringing a team of its own to Oklahoma City to name the Thunder. Completed the Thunder's debut on October 29, 2008, losing 87-98 to the Milwaukee Bucks at Ford Center. After losing to the Houston Rockets on the road, the Thunder defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 88-85 to earn their first victory. However, the Thunder's victory was rare from the start, the team lost 10 games in a row, and coach P.J. Calesimo was fired on November 22, 2008. Under the leadership of new coach Scott Brooks, the Thunder did not perform much better, and in the end the Thunder finished in the bottom of the Northwest Division with 23 wins and 59 losses. Despite his poor results, Kevin Durant tops the scoring charts, averaging 25.3 points per game.

In the 2009-10 season, the Oklahoma City Thunder entered the playoffs with an excellent record of 49-33 and nearly 50 wins in the regular season, a qualitative leap from the dismal record of 23-59 in the 2008-06 season, which was the first time the Thunder entered the playoffs since the establishment of the team.

Under the tutelage of Scott Brooks, the youth team played a very passionate and entertaining game under the tutelage of Scott Brooks, and almost all positions except the center position were the hope of the league's future. Among them, the leader Kevin Durant beat LeBron James to win the regular season scoring title with an average of 30.1 points per game, Russell Westbrook quickly grew into the league's top five young point guards in the ball-control position, and Jeff Green gradually grew into an all-round power forward inside and out. The Thunder battled the defending champion Lakers in six games in the playoffs before losing 2-4 to the Lakers.

In the 2010-2011 season, the Thunder finished the regular season with a 55-27 record, and in this playoffs, the Thunder went even further, all the way to the Western Conference Finals. However, in the Western Conference Finals, they met the Dallas Mavericks led by Dirk Nowitzki, and the Thunder lost 1-4 in the overall score.

In the 2011-2012 season, due to the shrinking season and only 66 games, the Thunder finished the regular season with 47 wins and 19 losses, and met the defending champion Dallas Mavericks again in the first round of the playoffs, and the Thunder swept the advance with a total score of 4-0, and met the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals, and advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 4-1 victory. In the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs, the Thunder suffered two consecutive losses and won four consecutive games to eliminate the Spurs and advance to the Finals, which was also the second time to reach the Finals after the SuperSonics in 1996. However, in the finals, they met the Miami Heat led by LeBron James, and finally lost 1-4 to the championship again [8].

On July 2, 2012, Oklahoma owner Bennett announced that he had paid $75 million in damages for moving the SuperSonics from Seattle to Oklahoma City.

In the 2012-13 season, the Thunder finished the regular season with 62 wins and 20 losses, and met the Houston Rockets led by former teammate James Harden in the first round of the playoffs.

In the 2013-14 season, the Thunder finished the regular season with a 59-23 record and made the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, they met the Grizzlies, the opponent of the 2012-13 Western Conference semifinals, and the Thunder advanced with a thrilling overall score of 4-3.

On May 5, local time in the United States, the away team locker room at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Li Mojie looked at the Thunder logo in the locker room: "The Western Conference semifinals are finally here, it's Durant's team, it's been a long time!" ”

"Hey, if only the opponent was a grizzly bear, we would have a better chance of winning against a grizzly bear." Channingfrye said with a little regret.

"Why Fry?" Li Mojie asked curiously, "Isn't it true that the more powerful the opponent, the more challenging?" ”

Frye glanced at Li Mojie and said, "I still want to win the championship smoothly." ”

"It's an irrevocable fact that the Thunder are our opponents, and now that we're all sitting here, there's nothing to say. The Thunder, our familiar opponent, is also the team with the best record in the West this year, and of course I believe that no matter who the opponent is we can win, because we are the best team! Seeing this, Hornacek first said an official opening sentence emphasizing the strength of his team, giving everyone a self-confidence, seeing that everyone had no opinion, he continued: "But the Thunder team is an opponent that cannot be ignored, we can't be careless, and we don't need to be arrogant!" ”

Hornacek continued to analyze the Thunder: "Our biggest opponent in this series is Durant! He's undoubtedly one of the best players in the league......"

Markieff interjected: "yes, this year's Durant is also too strong, he almost single-handedly brought the Thunder to the first place in the West!" ”

Durant in the 14th season may not be as amazing as the peak Kobe and Iverson in the high-scoring list, but as long as you have seen Durant's performance this season, you should be equally shouting that you can't defend and almost enter the discussion of the most efficient scoring machine in history. In addition to the jump shot that has not been able to play a single defense, Durant has also given the impression this season, the magnitude is terrible crossover, it is simply a defender's nightmare, in that season, I often see Durant in the video as soon as he gets the ball over half court, someone goes up to the bag, and it is not the kind of bag after the pick-and-roll. Even in the last round of the playoffs, when he was said to be restricted to the Grizzlies, Durant still scored 30+ in five of the seven series, only to perform poorly in Games 4 and 5, scoring 15 points on low shooting and 26 points respectively. Hornacek's assistant coach Jason added.

"That's right, and Durant also averaged 5.5 assists per game in the regular season, so we can't underestimate his passing and playmaking ability, and this heavy responsibility, Mojie, Markieff, we will leave it to you, especially Mojie, the key part of this series is you!" Hornacek instructed earnestly.

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