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Berry Tramel: With Thunder win, an NBA city becomes an NBA force

By Berry Tramel | Published: April 25, 2010

Oklahoma City became an NBA city, a real, man-this-is-something NBA city, four years ago on a Saturday night against the Lakers.

On this Saturday night against the Lakers, Oklahoma City became an NBA force.

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Beating the Lakers is one thing. Making the Lakers give up the ghost is quite another, and that's just what the Thunder did Saturday night at the Ford Center.

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