The Thunder led wire-to-wire, though the night took a vast turn for the worse when Grayson Allen was ejected in the third quarter. Allen sparked a scuffle on the court after taking his frustration out on Chet Holmgren when the two were meeting on a screen. Officials reviewed the play, ruled it a flagrant two and Allen was booted.

All that said, it shouldn't be a shocker to see the Thunder ranked as the runaway best NBA front office in a recent 'The Athletic' poll of 36 league executives. They received 31 first-place votes, three second-place votes and two third-place votes.

The Oklahoma City Thunder play the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Cup semifinals. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns were dismantled from the opening tip-off by the now 24-1 Oklahoma City Thunder in last night's 138-89 loss in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals. This margin of defeat was not only embarrassing for the Suns (14-11), who have had a much better start to the year than many anticipated, but had a historical significance.

The Oklahoma City Thunder crushed the Phoenix Suns 138-89 at home on Wednesday, extending their blistering start to the NBA season and strengthening their bid to break the league's single-season wins record.

With a current BetMGM win total over/under at 69.5 wins (-140 over/+115 under), Oklahoma City is currently favored to become the third 70-win team in NBA history. The -140 odds for “over 69.5” imply a more than 58 percent chance of getting there.

Oklahoma City secured another huge win, and its star power led the way from start to finish. Over the course of the first month and a half of the season, the Th