Tom Ley, in his piece There’s No Hiding From The Spurs:
Oklahoma City lost 22 combined games in the regular season and playoffs, and eight of those came at the hands of the Spurs. The Thunder are so good that people were practically throwing parades for the Nuggets and Pacers last season just for taking them to seven games. The Spurs have not only beaten that team in a series, but diminished them in the process. The Thunder have the kind of expertly constructed roster that is supposed to be rounding the corner into its dynastic years, and instead they have just been made to look unremarkable by a team with one starter who was born in the ’90s.
The dynasty talk didn’t even last a year. One massive upset later, and the new face of the league has announced himself. His name is Victor Wembanyama, and he’s only 22. These playoffs have been genuinely fun.