Oklahoma City Thunder 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
A case can be made that the Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti is the best in pro basketball. Presti completely remade the OKC Thunder and transformed the team into a top Western Conference in its fourth season after a total teardown. Last year, Oklahoma City was one of the top threats to win the Western Conference, at the very least. And with Shai Gilgeous Alexander, the Thunder have one of the best players in the NBA. Most important of all, the Thunder made gamblers happy with a good profit margin and consistent board value. Wise Guys love OKC because they do not draw the attention of casual gamblers. However, that is slowly changing. Oklahoma City is built to last.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Betting Lines
The Oklahoma City Thunder was 57-25 straight up, 46-36 against the spread, and 46-35-1 over/under the total. Oklahoma City was 1st in the Western Conference playoff standings. Minnesota was a game behind the Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
Oklahoma City had NBA metrics of 3rd for scoring offense, 3rd for field goal percentage, 1st for 3-point field goal percentage, 4th for free throw percentage, and 27th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Thunder had NBA metrics of 11th for scoring defense, 3rd for field goal percentage permitted,12th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 23rd for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
PG Shai Gilgeous Alexander led the Thunder with 30.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game. He is a 2-time NBA All-Star. Alexander averaged 23.7 or more points per game in the past three seasons.
Head Coach
Mark Daigneault has been the head coach since the 2020 season after serving as an assistant from 2016 through 2020. He was a previous assistant and is a disciple of former Thunder coaching great Billy Donovan. Daigneault has a regular season record of 143-175 in his career. Last year was his first playoff season.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
57 |
25 |
1st, Northwest |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Mavericks) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
40 |
42 |
3rd, Northwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
24 |
58 |
5th, Northwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
22 |
50 |
5th, Northwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
44 |
28 |
2nd, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Rockets) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
49 |
33 |
4th, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Trail Blazers) |
Oklahoma City Thunder History
Since their move to Oklahoma City from Seattle in 2008, the Thunder have been a consistent playoff team. They made the NBA Finals in just their fourth season in Oklahoma, and they made the playoffs in 10 of their first 12 years in their new home.
Whereas most teams that moved from one destination didn’t leave much behind, this franchise left a lot in the rear-view mirror as the Seattle SuperSonics were beloved and had a decent bit of success. The SuperSonics were founded in 1967 and made it to the NBA Finals in 1978 and 1979. In seven games, they lost their first finals appearance to the Washington Bullets, but they won the rematch the following year to claim their first NBA championship.
Seattle was a perennial contender in the 1990s with Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton. The Rain Man and The Glove only made it to the NBA Finals once, but they won 55 games or more for six straight seasons.
Clay Bennett led a consortium that bought the franchise in 2006. Bennett and his group had seen that basketball could work in Oklahoma City after the New Orleans Hornets played in OKC for two years following Hurricane Katrina. The Thunder had two superstars to build around after taking Kevin Durant as No. 2 overall in the 2007 NBA Draft and Russell Westbrook as No. 4 overall in the 2008 NBA Draft.
Oklahoma City was a title contender for a half-decade with Durant and Westbrook. Still, the Thunder gave us one of the biggest What If scenarios in the modern-day NBA after they traded James Harden to the Houston Rockets after the 2012 season. Harden established himself as a future Hall of Famer in Houston, and that move was part of why Durant wanted out of OKC.
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