As we get pepped up for Game 2 of the Playoffs let’s focus on what the OKC Thunder need to do to bring home a win. Firstly we need to utilize Kevin Durant as much as possible as it seems apparent that the Mavs don’t know what to do with him. Also, Westbrook needs to step up his game and really start taking some action. It seems like he wasn’t in the game. Our record of bounce back games is 25-6 and so we should be able to pull off a OKC Thunder win in Dallas.

The Thunder Game will be on ESPN, cox Chanel 29, HD 720 at 8pm CT.

Firstly, this should be some great basketball. I think Oklahoma fans are really excited about having the OKC Thunder in the NBA Playoffs and what a great competitor to go up against. We’ve always had a place in our hearts for playing ball with Texas. As we move into game 1 of the NBA Playoffs it should be interesting to see how it starts out, whether we come out on top or hit a rough start.

We won’t start the Playoffs at home this time, rather we will be playing in Dallas. The Mavs have had quite an opportunity to prepare for the OKC Thunder but there is a lot of chatter that we can bring home a win even though we came off a little rough in the Western Conference semifinals in Game 7.

Let’s go Thunder!

We lost the last game, but we can pick it up this game and start heading towards a winning streak and ignore the Russell Westbrook chatter. Let’s see what we can do to take advantage of playing at home and bring home a win. We can do this tomorrow in Game 2 of the semifinals.
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As the Grizzlies defeated the Spurs in the six games that set up a second round match with the Thunder the schedule for the series is looking like the following:

Game 1 — Sunday, May 1: Memphis at Oklahoma City, 12:00 p.m. (ABC)
Game 2 — Tuesday, May 3: Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 3 — Saturday, May 7: Oklahoma City at Memphis, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 4 — Monday, May 9: Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 5 — Wednesday, May 11: Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBD (TNT)*
Game 6 — Friday, May 13: Oklahoma City at Memphis, TBD (ESPN)*
Game 7 — Sunday, May 15: Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBD (TBD)*

Go Thunder!

In what can be seen as a big upset for Oklahoma City Thunder fans everywhere we lost game 5 of the playoffs 111-87 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryan brought out his A-Game and really showed NBA fans everywhere why he is the seven-time NBA ALl-Defensive First Team member. Kevin Durant was blocked at every turn by the Lakers forward Ron Artest and that left it up to Russell Westbrook to pick up the difference. Unfortunately for the Oklahoma City Thunder that attempt was blocked by Kobe Bryant’s outstanding game play throughout the game.

The game was looking very dismal at half time when the lakers were up 55-34. After that Laker’s brought their lead even higher in the third quarter to a 32 point lead.

We are all looking forward to game 6 at the Ford Center to see what Scott Brooks, the Oklahoma City Thunder coach, will come up with to counter the LA Lakers. I’m sure we can pull through and show some real strategy in order to bring home another win. It is going to help a great deal that we will be playing at our home court at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.

Game 6 will be be this Friday night, I’m feeling a comeback win.

I’m constantly asked what channels will the Oklahoma City Thunder Games will be aired on, so I put together a list of all of the different games for this historic first round of the NBA Basketball Playoffs against the LA Lakers.

Game 1: Sunday April 18 @ 2PM on ABC (OKC-KOCO 5, COX Ch 8, 708HD, Tulsa-KTUL 8, COX Ch 8, 708 HD)
Game 2: Tuesday April 20 @ 9:30PM on Fox Sports Oklahoma (COX 37, 722HD) and TNT
Game 3: Thursday, April 22 @ 8:30PM on Fox Sports Oklahoma and TNT
Game 4: Saturday, April 24 @ 8:30PM on Fox Sports Oklahoma and ESPN
Game 5: Tuesday, April 27 @ 9:30PM on Fox Sports Oklahoma and TNT
Game 6: Friday, April 30 @ 8:30pm on ESPN and Fox Sports Oklahoma
Game 7: Sunday, May 2, Time and TV, TBD

The Oklahoma City Thunder has added 2 new players to our roster. The new players are Thabo Sefolsha from Chicago and Malik Rose from new York. Both were done as separate unrelated deals. General Manager Sam Presti has said that they haven’t decided when Rose and Sefolosha will join the OKC Thunder.

In order to add these two new players to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the basketball team decided to waive on the not often used center Mo Sene.

Sam Presti also believes that these two new additions will help build the Oklahoma City Thunder into a well structures team that will better be able to cope with the rest of the league. We have already come pretty far from where a lot of people expected and I think moving forward we will be able to really show that Oklahoma City is truly a big league NBA team.

The Oklahoma City Thunder has announced that Rumble the Bison will be the new mascot for the Oklahoma basketball team. With the new OKC Thunder mascot sporting a white Thunder uniform and his name on the back Rumble missed his first dunk off of a pass from a member of the dunk team. Quite the introduction for the new Thunder Mascot.

Brian Byrnes, the Thunder’s senior VP of ticket sales said that the mascot’s name was choen based on the sound of thunder and the sound of bison, which is Oklahoma’s state animal for those of you not in the know.

Byrnes went on to say that “The bison is apowerful, surprisingly fast, close-nkit and travels as a herd, and represents the Thunder in an appropriate way.”

I think Rumble the bison works as the new Oklahoma City Thunder mascot, I have received some emails for people that would have liked to see Thor as the mascot but I’m sure that idea was passed on early on.

What does everyone else think about the Thunder mascot?

Reports come from the forums that the image to the right here is the new Oklahoma City Thunder Logo. The logo that you see on the Basketball looks a little retro, I really hope that it turns out to be a fake. If this logo is the real deal though it looks like the Oklahoma City Thunder colors are blue, yellow and orange. Which aren’t bad colors to use but definitely a surprise.

Supposedly the story goes that someone working in a distribution center took a picture with their cell phone of this basketball and sent it anonymously to several people.

We’ll all find out on Wednesday what the real logo and colors are going to be. If anyone has any more information about this being real or fake please leave a comment so we can get to the bottom of this!

Let me know your thoughts on the logo that has been leaked. Love it? Hate it?

3:45PM Update: As you will see in the comments in looks like the NBA has further leaked the Thunder logo you see above, as well as the Oklahoma City Thunder name in their apparel store. Only an hour to go for the official announcement.

5:13 Update: Oklahoma City NBA site has a OKC Thunder shop available where you can purchase some gear.

The Oklahoma City’s NBA team is expected to officially announce the new OKC Basketball team name on Wednesday, September 3rd at 5PM CDT. Not only are they going to be announcing the name but they are also going to be unveiling the new logo and team colors for the Oklahoma City Thunder. I’m working closely with some of the people involved with the Oklahoma City Thunder to get the logo early so that I can redesign this blog to be more appropriately fashioned after the logo and colors of the Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball team.

At the 5PM unveiling of the new Thunder logo and colors there will be an exclusive sale of OKC Thunder apparel in downtown Oklahoma City at Leadership Square. The press conference should be exciting, and I’m sure everyone is just as anxious to find out the colors for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Some have speculated that the Thunder isn’t in relation to Thunder/Lightning but in relation to the Thundering bison. That isn’t the case, otherwise our team name would be the Oklahoma City Bison. As soon as I can get a copy of the new Oklahoma City Thunder Logo and Oklahoma City Thunder colors I will provide them on the site. I expect I will be at the unveiling and purchase some of the new apparel.