Given that the Oklahoma City Thunder won 68 games in the regular season and are on the brink of a potential NBA Finals trip out of the Western Conference, one m

The physicality in these NBA Playoffs is palpable, and most teams are sensing the shift. Some, like the Oklahoma City Thunder, even seem satisfied by it.

The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated their way through the regular season and that continued into the first round of the playoffs. Oklahoma City was matched up against Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, and the series was never a close one. The Thunder dominated Game 1 by 51 points before blowing out the Grizzlies by 19 points in Game 2.