The Oklahoma City Thunder, have had NBA Championship aspirations since 2011. The Thunder would lose 4-1 to the Miami Heat during the 2012 NBA Finals. The team has been chasing the dream of winning the title ever since, however getting back has been difficult. During the 2013 NBA Playoffs Russell Westbrook was injured early in an opening round series vs. Houston. The knee injury caused him to miss the remainder of the postseason. OKC would lose to Memphis in the West Semifinals. During this past spring the Thunder made it to the Western Conference Finals vs. San Antonio the same team OKC beat in 2012 while advancing to the NBA Finals digging out an 0-2 series hole. This past May San Antonio won in 6 games closing the series out in Oklahoma City. Then went on the beat Miami 4-1 winning the franchise 5th NBA title since 1999. KD was coming off a MVP campaign and along with R. Westbrook was determined to get over the hump this season. However during training camp Durant broke a bone in his foot and during the 1st week of the season Westbrook broke his hand. Points were hard to come by with these pair of All Stars and Olympians out. OKC dug themselves a hole now they must battle back in the tough Western Conference to make up some ground now that the duo is back. OKC is currently 5-13 9 games back of division leader Portland. With these two star players, you just want to get in the Western Conference playoffs.
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