Mayor David Holt unveiled signage commemorating the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2025 NBA Championship with new signage inside and outside of OKC Will Rogers International Airport, as well as entrance signs at I-35,

The Oklahoma City Thunder opened its NBA title defense with a home win over the Houston Rockets at Paycom Center.

First, the Thunder played a double-overtime thriller against the new-look Houston Rockets, holding on to win 125-124 in an instant classic. And in California, the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers lost their home opener 119-109 to the Golden State Warriors.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Indiana Pacers NBA game to be played on October 23, 2025 on ESPN.

The defending champs always start the season on top of these NBA Power Rankings (unless someone goes full Mark Cuban and blows up a champ for no good reason), but it almost feels like the Thunder should be on their own tier to start this campaign. It’s OKC and everyone else is chasing. Let’s break it all down by tiers.

OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR) – A water main break is causing lane closures near Britton Road and Pennsylvania Avenue Tuesday morning. According to the City of Oklahoma City, the eastbound and westbound lanes of Britton are closed between Village Drive and Oxford Way.

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Trailing behind Austin and Oklahoma City, Raleigh, North Carolina cinched the No. 3 spot, with its rents amounting to 18% of median monthly incomes. Rounding out the Top 5 was Columbus, Ohio and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with rents encompassing 18.1% and 18.7% of tenants' monthly incomes, respectively.