It's fitting that Oklahoma City is on the verge of a championship for the same reason it won so many games and set so many records this season: Defense.

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The NBA Draft is less than 10 days away, and while Oklahoma City is still competing in the NBA Finals, the team will have two first round picks.

So transfixed by not only the team, but also the city, Anderson’s magazine story was the precursor to “Boom Town” — Anderson’s book, published in 2018, that intertwines the rise of Oklahoma City with Thunder basketball. “Boom Town” is equal parts historical and hysterical in telling the story of Oklahoma City.