There was a buzz inside Paycom Center on Thursday night, and it wasn't because the Hornets were in town.

For the first time since it won an NBA championship in June, OKC returned home for a preseason game against the Charlotte Hornets . And the Thunder picked up where it left off by earning a 122-116 win.

OKC led by as many as 20 points and never trailed. Even when the Hornets made a fourth-quarter push after the Thunder emptied its bench, Jazian Gortman helped close it out by scoring seven of his team's last 13 points.

Here are three takeaways from the win:

There's no predicting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's next move

Gilgeous-Alexander had more options than potential fits in his closet.

Nothing was off the table when the reigning regular-season and Finals MVP came off a screen

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