It's too easy to lose to a lesser team because of shooting variance, or because of a few injuries, or even just a quick turnaround and some travel after your last game. Nobody won more than their first five games last season.

Forty-three teams in NBA history have started a season 7-0. Only one of them, the 2024-25 Oklahoma City Thunder, have won their first seven games all by double digits. The Thunder’s closest game — a 105-93 win over the Spurs on Oct. 30 — wasn’t at all close.

The 2024-25 Thunder are also the first team in franchise history since the 2011-12 OKC squad to start their season at 5-0. That roster — headlined by Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden — went to the NBA Finals and lost to the Miami Heat in five games.