The Oklahoma City Thunder finished another week without a loss and became the first team to 60 wins, moving one step closer to locking up home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. They can do it by winning twice, even if the San Antonio Spurs sweep their final week.
That puts Oklahoma City exactly where it was supposed to be in Week 1, when it was projected to finish first in the West and win the NBA Finals in six. The Thunder were not just surviving the season’s grind; they were meeting the most ambitious version of it.
San Antonio tells the opposite story. The Spurs were projected in Week 1 to finish 10th in the West and lose the West quarterfinals against Oklahoma City, but they have already gone 11-5 with Victor Wembanyama out of the lineup this season. Even with him off the floor, their lineups have been outscored by only 17 points all year, a sign they have been far sturdier than the prediction suggested.
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The Pistons also changed the script after the season started. They were projected in Week 1 to finish seventh in the East and lose the East quarterfinals against the Hawks, then became the latest team after it had predicted they would level off this season. The article says Detroit altered course after Jaden Ivey was traded midseason, the kind of turning point that can reset expectations in a hurry.
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Week 25 is built for this kind of check-in, and the snapshot is clear: Oklahoma City is living up to the weight of its forecast, San Antonio is beating its own, and Detroit is a reminder that a team’s path can change faster than the standings suggest. That makes the latest lookback less about who was right in October than about who can still force a new ending now.
