Social Media Reacts: OKC Thunder Clinches Top Seed in Historic Season

In the final day of the Regular Season, the Oklahoma City Thunder (57-25) clinched the top spot in the Western Conference by manhandling the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks (50-32) on Sunday. This marks a historic season for one of the most successful NBA franchises since 2010.

The Thunder became the youngest team (23.9) to earn the top seed ever, the youngest to win the Northwest Division ever and became the No. 1 seed for just the second time in Thunder history. Oklahoma City is also the seventh different top seed in the Western Conference in the last seven seasons.

Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace became the first set of rookie teammates ever to play in all 82 games of their first season, less than 30 other rookies have ever accomplished an 82-game stint.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the first player in Thunder history, despite rostering countless future Hall 0f Famers and All-time great scorers, to log 30-plus points per game in back-to-back seasons.

The 57-win mark is the third-best in Thunder history only outdone by the 2012-13 (60) and 2013-14 (59) squads.

This historic season obviously sent social media into a frenzy as the Oklahoma City Thunder await their opponent to navigate through the play-in tournament.

Did the Thunder reflect today and celebrate getting the 1 seed?

Chet Holmgren flashed the divisional championship shirt he had under his jacket and mentioned they took a team photo in the shirts too. pic.twitter.com/eTt5uKmQaH
— Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports) April 14, 2024

Chet Holmgren this season:

82/82 games

16.5 PPG - 7.9 RPG - 2.3 BPG - 63.2% TS

No. 1 seed in the toughest conference in the league

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pic.twitter.com/DzNt36BDAi
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 15, 2024

GALLO WITH THE BARK🐶🐶🐶🐶 https://t.co/Y4vHtOEr2b
— Paris Lawson (@ParisNLawson) April 14, 2024

Thunder win the Northwest Division for the 6th time.

First time since 2016.

Thunder clinch the #1 overall seed for the 2nd time.

First team since 2013. pic.twitter.com/Wddpq4hofY
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) April 14, 2024

MVP. pic.twitter.com/uRUYruLS2a
— #1 Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) April 14, 2024

The Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2021 and 2022 seasons combined:

46 Wins

The Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 season alone:

57 Wins

We’ve come a long way. 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/GciKik41if
— Thunder Muse (@ThunderMuse_) April 14, 2024

Rewind: the game-winner that ultimately gave the Thunder the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference over the Nuggets via H2H tiebreaker. pic.twitter.com/JwuygIS5Cd
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) April 15, 2024

82/82 pic.twitter.com/K5YL8P06C4
— chet holmgren (@ChetHolmgren) April 14, 2024

The one seed Oklahoma City Thunder are encouraged by Jalen Williams to continue to make noise as the buzzer sounds on this 135-86 win. pic.twitter.com/RMfEXxC54J
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) April 14, 2024

Few Thunder seasons, if any, have ever trumped this one in terms of pure vibes.

Really hope fans didn’t take it for granted, doesn’t seem like they did. https://t.co/q1epThAqBY
— Derek Parker (@DParkOK) April 14, 2024

Rare skip W https://t.co/YY0r7lu1Vd
— chet holmgren (@ChetHolmgren) April 14, 2024

Next. Sunday.

Mind. Body. Soul. Experience. https://t.co/FSb5Y6CuC8
— #1 Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) April 14, 2024

Up next, the Oklahoma City Thunder will kick off their initial postseason run with this young core on Sunday, April 21 against a to-be-determined opponent.

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