Game 1 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, the Oklahoma City Thunder joined the perplexing paradox of being so good that it hurts their award chances. The NBA announced its finalists for the seven prominent awards everybody in the basketball world knows.

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Oklahoma City’s dynamic defensive stopper. Many have publicly endorsed him to win the Defensive Player of the Year award, but shockingly, he wasn’t even one of the three finalists listed. For Dort, the lack of recognition is nothing new.

Both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors took 1-0 leads in their respective NBA Playoff series. The Thunder's win was one of the most lopsided playoff games in the history of the MVP. While the No. 1 seed is expected to beat the No. 8 seed a majority of the time, it's unlikely anyone saw just how Game 1 would shake out.

Safe to say the Thunder passed its first test of the playoffs. Oklahoma City mauled Memphis 131-80 Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.

The Memphis Grizzlies are choosing to convey solid messages, not overreactions, after getting overrun by the OKC Thunder in record-breaking fashion.

The Oklahoma City Thunder humiliated the Memphis Grizzlies in a 131-80 Game 1 win to kick off their Round 1 playoff series. The former led by double-digit points for most of the game and by as many as a jaw-dropping 56 points.