NBA Twitter reacts to OKC’s win over Boston: ‘Young players with old souls’

The OKC Thunder are young players with old Souls… the way they’re connected on both ends of the floor is a beautiful thing to see. They have a lot of SIGNATURE wins this season and they are LEGIT title contenders. That are definitely Standing on Business!!! Carry on…

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 3, 2024

Shai had 36 points on 70.53 TS% last night where the Celtics had All-NBA defenders taking turns trying to stop him lol. https://t.co/CH2JwmU1K4

— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) January 3, 2024

what. a. moment. pic.twitter.com/AMYJZv1tVK

— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) January 3, 2024

Celtics vs Thunder summarized for those who missed the game… pic.twitter.com/30aVA7ayuz

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) January 3, 2024

Watching that Celtics/Thunder game gave me some uncharacteristic existential Mavs dread. I believe in Playoff Luka if/when Dallas gets there, but man these other rosters just have so much more talent overall.

— Dalton Trigg (@dalton_trigg) January 3, 2024

The Thunder’s last 5 games:

W vs. T-Wolves
W vs. Knicks
W @ Nuggets
W vs. Nets
W vs. Celtics

What do we have here 👀 pic.twitter.com/TfRbLv2hi7

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 3, 2024

we’re witnessing something special brewing in Oklahoma City.

this isn’t normal stuff. don’t take it for granted.

— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) January 3, 2024

Think people have been way over-indexing on the idea of this iteration of the Thunder needing a trade for a superstar to contend for a title for a while. Have talked about it on the podcast a lot.

Think if something presents itself, sure. But they don't need it, either.

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) January 3, 2024

The Thunder over the past three weeks have beaten the Nuggets in Denver twice, blew out the Timberwolves, blew out the Clippers, comfortably beat the Knicks, and tonight they took out the Boston Celtics

Good luck to the rest of the NBA pic.twitter.com/fSWZkPDpXD

— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) January 3, 2024

#NeverForget https://t.co/iMJrDubuUk pic.twitter.com/vMFtvSmI1X

— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) January 3, 2024

This Oklahoma City Thunder five-game winning streak includes wins against the best record in the West, the defending champions, and the best record in the NBA. pic.twitter.com/UYBeklPneR

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) January 3, 2024

Thunder improve to 23-9.

1 game out of the #1 spot in the West.

Beat a Celtics team that had won 6 straight.

5 straight wins – longest streak in the NBA.

Next up: Trae Young and the Hawks tomorrow night.

— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) January 3, 2024

“mom tell me about the 2023 okc thunder” pic.twitter.com/Cdih6ZuZxC

— Amanda Golson (@amanda_golson) January 3, 2024

Celtics vs. Thunder would be a fun NBA Finals.

— Thomas Carrieri (@Thomas_Carrieri) January 3, 2024

Thunder since Christmas:

Beat West #1 Wolves 129-106.
Beat Knicks 129-120.
Beat the champs on the road 119-93.
Beat Nets 124-108.
Beat NBA-best Celtics 127-123.

This is a really good basketball team.

— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) January 3, 2024

what a way to open 2024.

— TF (@ThunderFocus) January 3, 2024

The Thunder remind me a lot of the 2020 Nuggets in a lot of ways

— ⚒️🏆Championship Otto 🃏🏹 (@ChiefOttoSosa) January 3, 2024

Tough loss for the Celtics in OKC.

The Thunder will be good for the next decade

— GreenRunsDeep (@CelticsGRD) January 3, 2024

Is there a team better than the OKC Thunder in the NBA right now? pic.twitter.com/E9Nl0ngnSq

— Russ Dimes (@russdimes) January 3, 2024

It's worth asking: Are the Thunder actually NBA Finals contenders as currently constructed?

OKC's on pace for 59 wins, has the #3 net rating in the league, and has already defeated the Celtics, Wolves, Nuggets (twice), Suns, Lakers, Warriors (three times), Mavs, and Clippers. https://t.co/sGU6Qpy3QX

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) January 3, 2024