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OKC Thunder Christmas Day Round Table – memories, gifts and resolutions

By Tamberlyn Richardson

Dec 24, 2016; Cocoa Beach, FL, USA; Thousands turn out on Christmas Eve morning in Cocoa Beach to watch hundreds of surfing Santas hit the waves. The event started eight years ago when George Trosset went surfing in a Santa suit with his son and daughter-in-law. The event has ballooned into a major Christmas event supporting Grind for Life and the Surf Museum. Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via USA TODAY NETWORK
Dec 24, 2016; Cocoa Beach, FL, USA; Thousands turn out on Christmas Eve morning in Cocoa Beach to watch hundreds of surfing Santas hit the waves. The event started eight years ago when George Trosset went surfing in a Santa suit with his son and daughter-in-law. The event has ballooned into a major Christmas event supporting Grind for Life and the Surf Museum. Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via USA TODAY NETWORK /
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Mar 18, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) reacts to his dunk against the Philadelphia 76ers during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center. The Oklahoma City Thunder won 111-97.Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 18, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) reacts to his dunk against the Philadelphia 76ers during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center. The Oklahoma City Thunder won 111-97.Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

What’s your favorite memory from an NBA Christmas Day game?

Joshua Lea: Watching the Lakers with Kobe Bryant on Christmas Day (before I worked for the Thunder Radio Network). I used to be able to spend Christmas at home with the family. Now, I have to work as the executive producer for the Thunder Radio Network on the Sports Animal. It’s a dream job, but I do miss my holidays.

Jeremy Lambert: Russ going HAM against the Spurs two seasons ago.

Tony Heim: I’m young so I don’t have a huge memory bank, so it’s gotta be the 2013 game when the Thunder beat the Knicks 123-94 in Madison Square Garden. KD dropped 29 on 16 shots, the Thunder were 23-5 afterwards. They were just so good back than 🙁

Eric Snyder: Overall, seeing Kobe Bryant on Christmas Day was always a highlight to me. He took every game serious and seemed to always have an extra edge in Nationally televised games.

Cole Hixon: Shaq returning to LA to face Kobe for the 1st time. It was so memorable because that meeting was the antithesis to everything Christmas is supposed to be and it turned out to be a good game!

Heather Koontz: This will be my first year to be inside the Chesapeake Energy Arena for a Christmas Day game, so I’m likely to have a better answer to this question next year. However, you just can’t beat the sentimental aspect of watching a basketball game on television with family, hot chocolate, and crumpled wrapping paper on the floor.

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Chris Hughes: Well I’ve only really followed the NBA for a couple of years, and on only one of those occasions have the Thunder won on Christmas Day! That was 2014, a win over the Spurs.

Casimir Cuffy: I think I just have a memorable game. That’s when OKC Thunder went to San Antonio in 2014 and beat the Spurs without (He who must not be named). We also got a sneak peek at how dominate Steven Adams could be in that game.

Rich Condon: That time Steph said he hoped the Cleveland locker room still smelt like champagne. Even though it came back to bite Golden State, it was still a pretty boss comment.

Yaman Khabbaz: The Thunder obliterating the Knicks three years ago in the worst loss on Christmas day in NBA history has to be mine.

Tamberlyn Richardson: Ditto to Jeremy’s memory. And, the fight between Blake Griffin and Draymond Green, Andrew Bogut and basically the entire Warriors team.

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