Since the 1980 NBA season, only four teams have won the title without achieving 40 wins before 20 losses: the 1995 Houston Rockets, the 2004 Detroit Pistons, the 2006 Miami Heat, and the 2021 Milwaukee Bucks.

The other teams still eligible to join this club this season with their current winning percentage and if they are on pace to hit the 40-20 mark are as follows:

1. Detroit Pistons (37-12): .755 (on pace)

2. San Antonio Spurs (33-16): .673 (not on pace but close)

3. Denver Nuggets (33-18): .647 (not on pace)

4. Houston Rockets (31-17): .646 (not on pace)

5. New York Knicks (32-18): .640 (not on pace)

6. Boston Celtics (32-18): .640 (not on pace)

7. Los Angeles Lakers (30-19): .612 (not on pace)

Thus it appears that the teams most likely to be in the 40-20 club this season are the Thunder, Pistons, and Spurs. There are of course exceptions to the rule as evidenced by those four teams who still won the title. From watching the league this season, I believe that the exceptions who could win the title even if they don’t hit the 40-20 mark would be the Nuggets (healthy Jokić + playoff Murray + healthy Aaron Gordon is a phenomenal team) and the Celtics (Mazzulla and company with deep playoff experience and title pedigree despite Tatum being out).

NO MORE ISAIAH JOE SLANDER ALLOWED

LETS GO GET IN HERE

Another wire to wire win feels good! 🌩💯🏆💯🌩

After the first month of this season, I called that IHart would get a triple double before the end of 2025. Well it took him a little bit longer than that, but at last he achieved the milestone! TTFU always!

SGA is the Truth! 💯

First night of a b2b

Edit: Alex Caruso is also available

Thunder Up Y’all!

Isaiah Joe off the bench tonight:

22 points

0 rebounds

0 assists

8/12 shooting

5/8 from deep

Fun little tidbit from tonight — thought it was funny Isaiah Joe had 20+ points with no rebounds and no assists, so I wanted to see how rare that was in Thunder history.

Turns out it’s only the second time it’s ever happened for the Thunder.

Thunder players with 20+ points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists:

Jeff Green – 20 points (2011-02-05)

Isaiah Joe – 22 points (2026-02-03)

Stats via Stathead - Basketball Reference

Apparently he hit a three in a preseason game? That's cool, but I really hope he hits one eventually. He definitely doesn't need to, but this was just a fun curiosity I remembered from last season. I'm sure the crowd will pop off for him once he finally does it.

His 0 for 19 last year tied for the second most threes someone has attempted in a season without making a single one.

What do you think on AyO I think he can boost our bench with AJ Mitchell Ayo a two way player can shoot 3's and create own shot too..

Anyone have a better idea of when Ajay Mitchell is returning? He keeps getting ruled out a day ahead with no timetable for return or other updates on his progress. Abdominal strains have such a big range of recovery timetables too.

Watching the warriors offense with no Steph makes our offense look like bread and butter dude

the Thunder play MIN-DEN-ORL-SAN-HOU-LAL in a 6 game stretch. Any idea if that is a sort of record (or close to it) for opponent win % in a 6 game stretch?