The Oklahoma City Thunder captured their first NBA championship, defeating the Boston Celtics 112-103 in Game 6 to win the series 4-2, completing one of the most remarkable rebuilding arcs in professional basketball history.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, unanimously awarded the Finals MVP, averaged 34.2 points, 8.1 assists and 6.7 rebounds over the six games, including a 42-point, 10-assist performance in the clinching game.
How OKC Were Built
The Thunder's championship vindicates GM Sam Presti's controversial decision to tear down the team around 2019, trading established stars for future draft picks. Those picks yielded a championship-winning roster grown together under Coach of the Year Mark Daigneault.
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Devastatingly accurate. Where do we go from here?
This deserves a much wider audience than it'll probably get. Mainstream media ignores stories like this.
My daughter works in exactly this field and has been describing exactly these dynamics for months. It's validating to see it covered at this level of detail.