The Oklahoma City Thunder professional basketball team plays in the National Basketball Association's Western Conference, Northwest Division and have been a part of the Oklahoma City scene since the 2008-2009 season. The team was once based in the Pacific Northwest city of Seattle for many years, carrying the name Supersonics from 1967 until they moved to their new city. Their home arena in the city is the Ford Center. As the Supersonics, they had quite a colorful NBA existence, even winning a league championship back in the 1970s. It is projected that Oklahoma City Thunder tickets will continue to be a hot item.
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Since their move to the new city they now call their basketball home, the Thunder have been working hard to make a return to the ranks of the league's elite teams. Their old home in Seattle played host to a team that won the 1979 NBA championship finals and went to the playoffs 22 times, so the heritage of winning is all around the new team, just waiting to break out and stimulate sales of future Oklahoma City Thunder tickets.
Led by head coach Scott Brooks, the team hopes to improve on its inaugural season 2008-2009 regular-season record, which did not really live up to the winning ways they were once used to. The team expects to improve such that they will soon be a major pain in the sides of the other teams in their division, and took steps to make that expectation reality with their first draft as the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008. It's a sure bet that the city will continue to support the team's efforts with plenty of purchases of Oklahoma City Thunder tickets.
That 2008 season, while just a little short on gains won, proved to be the crucible that will send this eager, young squad on to greater performance levels in this upcoming season. Bright spots last year include taking its first NBA game against the Minnesota Timberwolves with generally solid play that gave hints of future prowess to come. The team never refused to give up, and close out their season with a win against the Los Angeles Clippers, improving their win totals by three games over the previous season's win total, which was garnered by the old Seattle Supersonics. This fact led to strong sales of Oklahoma City Thunder tickets for the upcoming season.
The team is going to be counting on strong contributions from players like forward-center Nick Collison and Kevin Ollie to do the job and to carry on a strong tradition of being able to score even on nights when it might seem like a loss is sure to be in the cards. What's for certain, is that the region is certainly behind the effort and every game will be broadcast on its own network of radio stations that will feature the voice of Matt Pinto, more popularly known as "The Voice of the Thunder. Oklahoma City Thunder tickets are sure to keep selling well.
For 2010, the Oklahoma City Thunder are making a few promises to their fans, all of whom have been eager to snap up Oklahoma City Thunder tickets for the upcoming season. Under coach Scott Brooks, the team is expected to rely heavily on young talents like team captain Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. The season promises to be nothing if not very exciting.