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Thunder break incredible 50-year-old record set by Lakers

Drew Bishop

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There's a new reason to believe the Thunder can win it all. 

Oklahoma City blew out the Lakers 136-120 at home on Tuesday night.

It was the team's 51st double-digit win of the season, breaking the 50 win total that Los Angeles set in 1972. 

 

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Wilt Chamberlain. Elgin Baylor. Jerry West. That team holds the longest winning streak of all time (33) and won the NBA title that year. The same can be said for the next six teams on this list.

Oklahoma City has been one of the best regular-season teams ever by metrics like this, but the knock on the team is their lack of playoff experience.

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Still, the Thunder have won 51 of their 65 games handily against the best and worst of the NBA. Now the team can hope to transition that consistency to the playoffs. 

Drew Bishop

Drew Bishop is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. After graduating from the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University, he worked in local media in Sandusky, Ohio at BCSN and the Sandusky Register, freelancing as a reporter, broadcast director and play-by-play commentator for high school sports. He then moved on to KRIS 6 News where he serves as a producer in the news department.