Yahoo Sports · Apr 14, 2025
Thunder smash NBA record for scoring differential in a season
New Orleans Pelicans head coach Mark Daigneault watches from the bench in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Oklahoma City had a regular season like none other in NBA history.
The Thunder — who went 68-14 — finished the season outscoring teams by 12.9 points per game, smashing the previous mark that had stood for more than a half-century.
The Los Angeles Lakers outscored teams by 12.3 points per game in 1971-72, and that was the record until now. For the season. the Thunder outscored opponents by 1,055 points.