Thunder coach Mark Daigneault credits rookie guard Nikola Topic for being "unbelievably consistent and mature" while he recovers from an ACL tear.

A Swiss basketball fan traveled to Oklahoma City to watch his favorite team, the Thunder, and formed a friendship with locals who showed him around the city.

The NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are tied 2-2 after OKC overcame a double-digit deficit in Game 4 to even the series. OKC outscored the Pacers 12-3 in the final 3:34 of the game and will now go back to having home-court advantage.

So transfixed by not only the team, but also the city, Anderson’s magazine story was the precursor to “Boom Town” — Anderson’s book, published in 2018, that intertwines the rise of Oklahoma City with Thunder basketball. “Boom Town” is equal parts historical and hysterical in telling the story of Oklahoma City.