Will the Thunder smash the NBA’s single-season wins record?
SGA and the Thunder are on a historic 77-win pace this NBA season. (via The Big Number)
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They are on a 77-win pace this season.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won MVP last season.
Won Finals MVP last season.
He's better this year.
Their bigs are better now.
The Thunder allow 103.1 points per 100 Possessions outside of garbage time.
That is 7.4 points per 100 fewer than No.
2 Detroit.
So the gap between 1st and 2nd is 7.4 points per 100, same as the gap between number two Detroit and number 20 Milwaukee.
They are nearly there.
League ahead of No.
2 in defensive efficiency this season.
The Thunder have been 14.4 points per 100 possessions, better than an imagined league Average team this season.
That's not just obviously number one.
League this season.
That would be the biggest gap since the NBA Merger in 1976.
Bigger than the 195 Bulls.
Bigger than the 2000 Lakers, bigger than any elite team that you can think of.
Including last year's Thunder, they haven't had Jalen Williams for a single possession.
