The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 to claim the franchise's first championship earlier this week. Initially, it may seem like the Thunder and Sun Devils do not have a ...

And then — like everyone else who wears the Thunder logo — he had to learn. “I think it just helped me kind of understand what the city’s been through," Hartenstein said.

They conquered all. The Thunder — three years removed from winning 24 games — won 84 games this season and are NBA champions after beating the Indiana Pacers in a seven-game NBA Finals slugfest.

A back-and-forth title matchup — Indiana led 1-0 and 2-1, Oklahoma City led 3-2 — will end on Sunday night with an ultimate game, the first winner-take-all contest in the NBA Finals since 2016.

The Thunder didn't even exist in Oklahoma City when the bombing happened; the franchise that had been known as the Seattle SuperSonics didn't relocate to America's heartland until more than a decade ...

And then — like everyone else who wears the Thunder logo — he had to learn. “I think it just helped me kind of understand what the city’s been through," Hartenstein said.