Through 25 games, no team inNBAhistory has been better than this season's edition of theOklahoma City Thunder.
With theirdominant, 49-point victory Wednesday, Dec. 10 over the Phoenix Suns, the Thunder tied the 2015-16Golden State Warriorsfor the best 25-game start in NBA history, opening the 2025-26 season an astounding 24-1. And while the Warriors went on to start the 2015-16 season 29-1, OKC is thumping teams at a rate we have never seen.
The Thunder set an NBA record last season for largest average scoring margin (12.9 points). Yet, through a team's first 25 games to start a season, the 2007-08Boston Celticshad posted the league's top mark in that stat, at 13.9.
The Thunder are obliterating that figure this season, outscoring opponents by an absurd 17.5 points per game. Their victory Wednesday night marked their 17th by a margin of at least 10 points.
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What makes this all the more fascinating is that, because of injuries, the Thunder's preferred starting five ofShai Gilgeous-Alexander,Luguentz Dort,Jalen Williams,Chet HolmgrenandIsaiah Hartensteinhaven't played a single minute together so far this season.
Making this doubly fascinating is that Gilgeous-Alexander and other Oklahoma City stars have sat out entire fourth quarters of several games because they have been up by so many points. In fact: Wednesday night against the Suns marked the 13th time this season that Gilgeous-Alexander rested the entire fourth quarter, which is two more than the ones he has had to play in (11).
Despite that, Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning league MVP, still leads all NBA players in clutch points with 87, which is 8 more than theDetroit Pistons'Cade Cunningham, the next closest player.
Taking that one step further: despite all the extra rest, SGA stillranks second among all NBA players in overall scoring, averaging 32.6 points per game.
Oklahoma City is on historic pace and is set to face theSan Antonio SpursSaturday, Dec. 13 in the NBA Cup West semifinal. The Thunder are looking to win their first NBA Cup after theMilwaukee Buckseliminated them in last season's final.
If the Thunder win the NBA Cup and march on to eventually repeat as NBA champions, we may be witnessing the most prolific season in NBA history.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Oklahoma City Thunder start to 2025-26 NBA season ties Warriors record
