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Oklahoma City Thunder

Arena
Chesapeake Energy
NBA Division
Northwest
Founded
1967
Oklahoma City Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Thunder's NBA G League affiliate is the Oklahoma City Blue, which it owns. The Thunder are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City previously hosted the New Orleans Hornets for two seasons following devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics relocated from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group led by Clay Bennett and lawmakers in Seattle following a lawsuit.

Conference Western
Division Northwest
Founded 1967
History Seattle SuperSonics, 1967–2008, Oklahoma City Thunder, 2008–present
Arena Chesapeake Energy Arena
Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team colors Thunder blue, sunset, yellow, navy blue
Main sponsor Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
General manager Sam Presti
Head coach Mark Daigneault
Ownership Professional Basketball Club LLC (Clay Bennett, Chairman)
Affiliation(s) Oklahoma City Blue
Championships 1 (1979)
Conference titles 4 (1978, 1979, 1996, 2012)
Division titles 11 (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Retired numbers 7 (1, 4, 10, 19, 24, 32, 43)

About Oklahoma City Thunder

Formerly the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 2008, the team won its first NBA Championship in 1979.

Achievement of Oklahoma City Thunder

The team reached the NBA Finals in 2011-12 behind the trio of Kevin DurantRussell Westbrook and James Harden, but lost to LeBron James and the Miami Heat in five games. 

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Latest information about Oklahoma City Thunder updated on July 28 2021.