At 28-5, the OKC Thunder sit comfortably atop the Western Conference and boast the best record in the entire league.
Many have said their record has been boosted by an easy schedule, and a recent flurry of losses against some top-notch teams hasn't helped shed that narrative.
Over these past several days, however, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company have looked unnerved as they resorted to doing the one thing that has propelled them to elite status -- they won the third quarter.
In both games after their Christmas Day loss to the feisty Spurs, they started slow.