Fansided · Mar 25
Thunder might have accidentally built the perfect playoff advantage
Oklahoma City Thunder, Jalen Williams | Petre Thomas-Imagn ImagesAt long last, the Oklahoma City Thunder are at full strength, and you know what? Even with what felt like a never-ending carousel of injuries, they still hold a league-best 57-15 record. What's even better is that the unexpected rest will benefit them greatly once the playoffs roll around.
An 82-game season is long and grueling. The wear and tear it puts on players' bodies is real, making it so there aren't any players who are truly 100 percent healthy at this point in the year. Still, they have to march right into the postseason, where the physicality and intensity ramp up to a new level.