Game 1 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, the Oklahoma City Thunder joined the perplexing paradox of being so good that it hurts their award chances. The NBA announced its finalists for the seven prominent awards everybody in the basketball world knows.

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Oklahoma City’s dynamic defensive stopper. Many have publicly endorsed him to win the Defensive Player of the Year award, but shockingly, he wasn’t even one of the three finalists listed. For Dort, the lack of recognition is nothing new.

The Thunder reiterated that after their 51-point win. Mark Daigneault noted the Grizzlies entered OKC with dead legs after saving their season in the play-in tournament last week. He said expect them to throw a better punch in Game 2 as they try to make it a series.

If there were questions whether OKC's dominant regular season would translate to the postseason, Game 1 was its official notice.

The Oklahoma City Thunder humiliated the Memphis Grizzlies in a 131-80 Game 1 win to kick off their Round 1 playoff series. The former led by double-digit points for most of the game and by as many as a jaw-dropping 56 points.