45-year old head coach Scott Brooks led the Thunder to a 55-27 (67.1%) record during the regular season in 2010-11. He also got the Thunder to the Western Conference Finals, before falling 4 games to 1 to the Mavericks. The Thunder were 9-8 (52.9%) overall during the playoffs. Brooks was really getting outcoached pretty badly by Rick Carlisle in the Western Conference Finals though, so everything’s not rosy with him. Brooks now has a 127-106 (54.5%) record during the regular season in his first three years with the Thunder. He is also 11-12 (47.8%) during the playoffs. With larger expectations out of the team, Brooks is going to start to get evaluated under a microscope.

22-year old small forward Kevin Durant turned in another great season for the Thunder. Durant played in 78 games (all starts) during the regular season for the Thunder and he averaged 38.9 minutes, 27.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.0 blocked shot per game. Durant won his second consecutive scoring title last year. He also played in 17 games (all starts) in the playoffs for the Thunder last year and he averaged 42.5 minutes, 28.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 blocked shots per game. Durant has now played in 314 games (all starts) in his first four years with the Thunder & Supersonics and he is averaging 38.0 minutes, 25.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Durant is already #9 in three-pointers made (429) and #10 in points scored (8,128) in Thunder/Sonics history.

Point guard Gary Payton never played a game as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, but he’s all over the team’s record books from his time with the Seattle Supersonics. Payton played in 999 games in his time with the Sonics and he averaged 36.9 minutes, 18.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Payton is the Thunder/Sonics’ all-time leader in points scored (18,207), steals (2,107), assists (7,384) and games played (999). He is also #2 in three pointers made (917) and #3 in rebounds (4,240) in team history. Payton has some big numbers for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook to shoot for down the road.

The Thunder’s season ended with a thud in Dallas last night when they were outscored 28-20 in the 4th quarter. Russell Westbrook only shot 11 of 28 from the floor but he led the way for the Thunder with 31 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. Kevin Durant also had a rough shooting day hitting 8 of 20 shots from the floor to finish up with 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. James Harden also had a solid game with 23 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal off the bench. Nick Collison pitched in with 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots off the bench. The Thunder lost the Western Conference Finals 4-1 to the Mavericks.

The Thunder got sloppy late in the 4th quarter and overtime and it cost them this game. The Thunder outrebounded the Mavericks 55-33 and they still lost, and that’s hard to do. Kevin Durant led the way for the Thunder last night with 29 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 blocked shot, but, he also turned the ball over 9 times in this game. Russell Westbrook only shot 7 for 22 from the floor and he turned the ball over six times, but, he still finished up with 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka was tough around the basket with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocked shots last night. Thabo Sefolosha filled up the stat sheet with 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 1 blocked shot. The Thunder are now in desperation mode as they are now down 3-1 to the Mavericks in this series.