The Thunder is upending the cosmic order of basketball. Like the mythological gods of thunder, the Thunder basketballers have become all-powerful.

Put less dramatically: It’s stupid how good this team is.

The 24-1 record , the 16-game winning streak, the astronomical +17.4 point differential, the 49-point win over the Suns in the NBA Cup quarterfinal Wednesday … all absurd. So too is the fact that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , the league’s reigning MVP, has become even more valuable. That Chet Holmgren is still an apprentice-level assassin and that for as superb as Jalen Williams is, the Thunder barely missed him.

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