OKC:
- valued the regular season, took it seriously, competed almost every night
- valued defense, played at an elite level
- shares the ball, even with SGA's style, everyone gets touches
- plays unselfishly
- had to build things the right way by trading stars and being patient
- took swings on winning players.
This is a story worth rooting for if you are not a rival.
If you are a rival, by all means, hate them, that's good sports hate. But this is a phenomenal story of a team doing what everyone wants their team to do and actually MAYBE POSSIBLY JUST ONE TIME KNOCK ON WOOD having it work out instead of fortune favoring the markets.