On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets started off the 2025-26 NBA season with a bang by playing an epic double overtime game, which the Thunder eventually won due to late Shai Gilgeous-Alexander free throws. Prior to the game, the Thunder had celebrated their NBA Finals win from a season ago by receiving their championship rings and lifting the banner to the rafters.

Speaking of championships, one thing that fans have been complaining about for the better part of two decades now is that the NBA has stopped painting the Larry O'Brien Trophy and NBA Finals logo onto the court for Finals games for the last 16 years.

However, on Wednesday, fans who had been clamoring for that to change finally got their wish.

“The NBA will return to painting the Larry O'Brien

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