The Thunder Can Lock the #1 Overall Seed Tonight With a Win Over the Clippers

The Oklahoma City Thunder can clinch the #1 overall seed in the NBA tonight. All they need is a win over the Clippers, or a Spurs loss to Portland.

At 63-16, OKC has been the best team in basketball wire-to-wire this season. SGA is the MVP frontrunner (though Wemby has a case), and this team's depth is absurd — Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Lu Dort, Alex Caruso, Isaiah Hartenstein. They defend, they share the ball, and they close games.

Homecourt advantage through the entire playoffs is the prize. In a Western Conference where the Spurs have 60 wins and the Nuggets are always dangerous in altitude, playing every series at home matters. Tonight's game against the Clippers should be a formality, but this is the NBA — nothing is guaranteed until the math says so.