Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images MIAMI — Let’s end the speculation now: He ain’t changing it. At shootaround Sunday morning Scott Brooks made it pretty clear — the starting five the Thunder have used for basically

Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images What a difference a day, and a Game 1 win, makes. When the Thunder took the floor to practice Wednesday, gone was the anxiety about playing in their first NBA Finals.

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images OKLAHOMA CITY –On the eve of the NBA Freaking Finals, Oklahoma City is a mess. Buzzing with anticipation, buzzing with excitement. The biggest event in state history is about 24 hours

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images The first full practice in a couple of days for the Oklahoma City Thunder went off without a hitch today, even though OKC doesn’t have an opponent yet for The Finals,

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images When he was growing up northern California, not too far from Sacramento, Scotty Brooks was like a lot of kids in neighborhoods around the country, he played basketball on driveways and

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images I can tell you this: If the team is anywhere near as nervous as I am right now,  just dribbling the ball up the floor is going to be an accomplishment.

D. Clarke Evans/NBAE/Getty Images The Oklahoma City Thunder did not have a formal practice today but most all of the players showed up at the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center to get some shots up,

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images Scotty Brooks can play around with Xs and Os and switching defensive assignments and making whatever other changes he wants, though Scotty admits at this point in the season no one