Where the Thunder are in the NBA Power Rankings after Week 2 of the 2024-25 Season

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to the best start to a regular season in franchise history and are ranked No. 1 in the latest NBA.com power rankings. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams led the way. Thunder to 6-0 Western Conference record. After beating teams like the Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City beat all six teams by 12+ points, convincing enough to top the champion Boston Celtics (5 -1) and take first place this week. in the NBA Power Rankings according to John Shuman of NBA.com.

Thunder impressive profits victory stand out the most thanks to their remarkable winning streak, which was enough to earn them first place. Schumann led the way with this in his Power Rankings review of Oklahoma City’s historic beginnings.

The Thunder aren’t just 6-0. They are also the only team that hasn’t had a game within five points in the last five minutes. So all six victories were comfortable,” Schumann writes. The Thunder have a comfortable six wins despite ranking just 15th in offense. In five of their six games they have held their opponents to at least 13 fewer points per 100 possessions than that team has scored in other games this season.”

The only exception was their 137-114 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, which was only the second time they failed to hold a team under 100 points this season. However, the Thunder’s stifling defense is the best in the NBA. OKC leads the league by a mile with an impressive defensive rating of 94.9, trailing only the second-place Golden State Warriors (101.9), according to StatMuse.

Jalen Williams gives up perfect reaction to historic 6-0 start

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams isn’t thrilled with the accolades two weeks into the regular season. He values ​​victory. Williams has been around long enough to know the NBA isn’t easy, but he keeps things in perspective, e.g. Tough opponent for the Thunder in the Orlando Magicwhich prevent you from extending your series.

Still, Williams appreciates the recent success, but his eyes stay at the 2025 NBA Finals.

“It’s cool, of course. I don’t think we’ll get too ahead of ourselves. We have to play with another good team. We’ll have fun on this three hour flight back. And then it comes back to this,” Williams said. “It’s definitely great to put our name in history and have this be our start, but obviously we know what we want to do moving forward.”

Williams and the Thunder host the Magic on Monday at the Paycom Center.