Oklahoma City’s top option off the bench hasn’t taken as many shots since returning from injury.

Ousmane Dieng is making wrap-around passes along the baseline on offense. Jaylin Williams is taking charges on defense. Even down the stretch of this blowout game, OKC is dominating on both ends of the floor. It has a 115-75 lead with 8:57 remaining. In the second quarter, the smoke machine behind one backboard caused a delay when it stopped.

The Oklahoma City Thunder became just the third NBA team to record a start of 21-1 or better. They're on pace to make history.

The Oklahoma City Thunder continue to make history on Sunday against the Utah Jazz as they beat down the bottom feeder of the Western Conference Conference, tying a franchise best winning streak.

The Thunder have the Utah Jazz’s first-round pick from a 2021 deal that allowed the Jazz to shed salary by sending Derrick Favors to the Thunder. That pick is top-eight protected, so if the Jazz pick later than eighth, their pick goes to Oklahoma City.

The defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. The Thunder defeated the Mavericks 133-111 at the Paycom Center.

Oklahoma City is such a deep team that it should be able to take care of business without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the floor on Sunday evening.