The OKC Thunder are picking up right where they left off last year's championship-winning playoff run, as they now find themselves up 2-0 in their first-round matchup against the Suns.
Both of their wins out at Paycom Center have been decided by a combined point differential of plus-48, which, incredibly enough, has now officially thrust them into the record books yet again.
Dating back to last year's campaign, the Thunder now officially hold the highest point differential over any 15-game home span in postseason history at plus-307, per NBA.com.
While this core may still be incredibly young, they've already proven themselves capable of playing at an all-time dominant level, particularly when at home, where, since the 2023-24 campaign, they've compiled a record of 14-4 while boasting a ridiculous average point differential of plus-17.1.
In the last two seasons alone, they have pulled out a total of five wins in front of their home crowd that were ultimately decided by 30 or more points, with two of their bigger blowouts coming in the form of a 43 point drubbing over the Denver Nuggets in the 2025 semifinals and an embarrassing 51 point evisceration of the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2025 quarterfinals.
Thunder not banking on past successes to lead them to repeat
Though historic feats such as these may make it easy for the Thunder to move through this year's postseason with a "been there, done that" attitude, by all accounts it seems that they're instead choosing to look at what's in front of them rather than what they've left in their wake.
All-Star forward Jalen Williams recently revealed that OKC believes "This playoff run is so unique and so different from the last one," and that just because they were able to win it all a year ago doesn't mean they are destined to seamlessly do so again here in 2026.
Sadly, these claims of this year's postseason run being "so different" are already proving to be the case, as it was just recently revealed that the Thunder will be playing without J-Dub in the rotation for the foreseeable future as he nurses a left hamstring strain sustained in Wednesday's Game 2 win over Phoenix.
On the bright side, they have ample experience rolling with a "next man up" approach to their rotations, as injuries have ravaged this team all throughout the regular season.
Of course, them adopting such an approach in the playoffs is technically still uncharted territory.
Oklahoma City will get its first crack at such a game plan on Saturday, as the Suns are set to host Game 3 of this seven-game series.
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