The last team standing last season is the last team to remain undefeated this season.

So much for that championship hangover.

Jalen Williams hasn’t played yet, Chet Holmgren is dealing with a balky back, Lu Dort just missed a game because of illness … and the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder are still just rolling along, off to a 7-0 start despite using four different starting lineups in those seven games.

“We have a DNA,” said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s reigning NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP and scoring champion. “We have an identity. We understand how to play basketball. We understand how to win. Win games, big moments and it’s done with all five guys on the court on both ends and that’s engraved in us. That’s something that is almost a habit now and every night we t

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