Today is the 16th anniversary of the Alfred P. Murrah building bombing. In 1995 in downtown Oklahoma City, 168 people were killed. Send a thought or two to those people’s families and friends today.

John Hollinger of ESPN.com: “For all those shortcomings, however, Denver can walk away feeling good in a lot of other ways. Durant and Westbrook combined for 72 points, the Nuggets missed 12 foul shots

J.A. Adande looking at potential future upsets: “The Thunder over the Spurs. That requires a Thunder victory in San Antonio, where the Spurs lost just five times this season. But the Spurs won by

David Aldridge of NBA.com likes the OKC-Denver matchup: “I LOOOOVE Denver and OKC. We may have a final average score of 130-127. It’s hard to see either team being able to slow down the other

Doc Rivers on Kendrick Perkins: “Like I jokingly told Perk, he should renegotiate again,” Rivers said. “His value keeps increasing by each loss. It’s amazing.” David Berri of Wages of Win on how much the

Zach Lowe of SI on OKC post-Perk-trade: “Again: This could be more the result of an easy-ish schedule than anything else. But the Thunder undoubtedly look better. Harden’s play has been particularly encouraging, since

Arash Markazi of ESPNLA joins the party and writes about OKC’s formula to success: “Before a recent home game in Oklahoma City, a montage of Thunder highlights was played before player introductions as Led

J.A. Adande of ESPN.com on small markets: “And it’s not about getting the fans to buy in so  much as it is instilling belief in the best players. Oklahoma City has done that with