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From postgame barking to 'the boring stuff': How the Thunder built a winning culture

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Oklahoma City has emerged as an elite team earlier than anticipated this season .

The Thunder is on a 69 -win pace despite the loss of Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso .

The team's post-win interviews on the television broadcast are group affairs and occasionally end with barking.

Oklahoma City is one of the league's youngest teams to consistently embrace the mundane.

It's not flashy, but steady gains compounding day after day after each day .

Oklahoma City is a clear-cut Western Conference favorite.

Presti's team has been built without repeated swings in the draft lottery.

The Thunder has a roster full of under-the-radar developmental success stories occupying key roles.

Oklahoma City's roster ranks as the league's fourth -youngest weighted by playing time.

Thunder have a point differential of plus-12.8 points per game.

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