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Road to Redemption — After winning the 2024-2025 NBA championship, the Thunder faced a challenging 2025-26 season marked by injuries to Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell that ultimately contributed to a Western Conference Finals exit to San Antonio, but enter 2026-27 with their core intact and a crowded salary cap that forces Sam Presti to rely on internal development and strategic mid-season maneuvering.

Two Conference Finals games played this weekend, two entirely different stories. One was a series-altering collapse, the other a methodical dismantling. Together, they may tell us everything we need to know about the contours of this year's championship race.

Western Conference Finals — San Antonio's consecutive top-5 picks — Wembanyama in 2023, Castle in 2024, Harper in 2025 — have produced the youngest starting lineup in Conference Finals history, and Game 1 against the Thunder proved this long-term vision is arriving right on schedule.

Playoff Preview - The defending champion Thunder lead the field as the NBA postseason approaches, but injury concerns plague several contenders including the Lakers who must navigate the first round without two key stars following Grade 2 strain injuries.