We've had the first part of the week to talk about it and speculate. Who do the matchups favor? What will the matchups even be, with questions surrounding who will and who won't play tonight.
What we know for sure is the two best teams in the Western Conference go at each other tonight. The time for waiting and talking and speculating is just about over.
Read MoreThunder fans have been hoping that Reggie Jackson, Thabo Sefolosha and Kendrick Perkins would be back in the team's lineup soon and listening to Scott Brooks after practice it sounds like that day is getting close.
Like say tomorrow.
Read MoreThese next three days should be interesting for those of us who pay attention to the Thunder and the Spurs as both teams play back-to-backs and both will face some interesting lineup decisions.
San Antonio hosts Golden State tonight, The Thunder host the Spurs tomorrow night and then Oklahoma City goes to Houston on Friday.
Read MoreWhile the San Antonio Spurs, who will be in here on Thursday night, are in the middle of playing six games in nine nights the Oklahoma City Thunder are taking a break.
Three full days between games at this point in an NBA season is a bit rare and the Thunder will try to take full advantage.
Read MoreThunder head coach Scott Brooks doesn't really like talking about injured players and how close, or not, they are to returning to the lineup.
Today of course he was asked about the progress of Reggie Jackson, Thabo Sefolosha and Kendrick Perkins and whether they were able to participate much in Monday's practice.
Read MoreThe Oklahoma City Thunder begin a three game homestand tonight against a team that has never beaten the Thunder in Oklahoma City.
In fact the Sacramento Kings have lost eight straight overall to the Thunder, 10 straight on the road and 17 out of the last 19 these two teams have played.
Read MoreWhile Thunder head coach Scott Brooks told reporters he has a "long list" of things his team needs to work on and Nick Collison agreed that defense was at the top of the list, Russell Westbrook tried to shoulder most of that burden himself.
"I've gotta step up defensively, that's just what I've gotta do to help us win games," Westbrook said after Thursday's practice.
Read MoreFor their first years here in Oklahoma City the Thunder were amazingly healthy. A couple of starters would only miss a handful of games a year, Russell Westbrook never missed a game, Kevin Durant usually didn't either and even key members of the rotation were always healthy.
This year the odds finally caught the Thunder. Out of the 71 games they've played, all five regular starters have played together in only 20.
Read MoreSecond nights of back-to-backs on the road are usually never good and they're especially never good when that game gets into overtime.
That's just one of the reasons the Thunder dramatic win in Toronto the other night was so impressive. Last night in Dallas the basketball gods got even.
Read MoreThe Thunder won't make a big deal of it publically but there's no question they're looking forward to having another crack at the Dallas Mavericks.
The Mavs afterall embarrassed the Thunder on their home floor just days ago, handing the Thunder their worst home loss since the 2010-11 season and one of their worst ever.
Read MoreDon't look now but your Oklahoma City Thunder all of a sudden are rolling again. They won their fourth straight and ninth of their last 12 Monday night by clobbering the Denver Nuggets 117-96.
Kevin Durant led all scorers with 27 points in just three quarters. That's his 35th straight game scoring at least 25 and he's now just five games away from tying Michael Jordan's record of 40 straight.
Read MoreAs many of us suspected Thunder All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook will sit out tonight's game with the injury depleted Denver Nuggets.
"Russell won't play tonight, but he will play tomorrow night," Thunder head coach Scott Brooks told reporters just before the game.
Read MoreThunder head coach Scott Brooks won't reveal his decision on whether point guard Russell Westbrook plays tonight against Denver or tomorrow night against Dallas until just before tonight's game.
Brooks doesn't usually make himself available to the media after home shootarounds and didn't today. Westbrook is expected to be back on his regular schedule of missing one game of a back-to-back set.
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