Oklahoma City Thunder Seasons
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and are a member of the NBA Western Conference's Northwest Division. The Thunder were founded in 1967 as the Seattle SuperSonics as one of one of two franchises that joined the NBA in the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City after the 2007–08 season.
Overall, the Thunder have qualified for the post-season on 4 occasions after being relocated from Seattle (21 times as the Sonics). They reached the Western Conference Finals seven times, reaching the NBA Finals in 1978,1996 and 2012, winning their only championship in the 1979 NBA Finals against the Washington Bullets while in Seattle.
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—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
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—Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)
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And tufted in straggling thunder and shattered sun.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“The seasons change their manners, as the year
Had found some months asleep and leapt them over.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)