"Minutes after the Oklahoma City Thunder's second loss of the season, some of the defending champions' veterans loudly and playfully chided injured rookie Thomas Sorber for failing to have towels in their lockers on time. They laughed while declaring that this failure to properly execute a rookie duty would result in Sorber having to "spin" when the team returned home, referring to a Wheel of Fortune-style device at the team's practice facility that is used to assign an additional chore."
""It's easier to learn when you don't feel the way you want to feel. It stings a little bit more. "We'll also see these guys [twice in the next] games. So it will be a good challenge. Kind of like an automatic test, almost like in school. You fail the test, you get to retest a couple days later. That's what it will probably feel like. Losing is where you find growth and where you really get better.""
Oklahoma City lost 111-109 to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Cup semifinal, snapping a franchise-record 16-game winning streak. Veterans playfully chided injured rookie Thomas Sorber for failing to have towels ready, threatening a Wheel-of-Fortune-style "spin" chore when the team returned home. The preferred starting lineup was available for the first time since the Game 7 Finals, and the Thunder had matched the 2015-16 Warriors' best 25-game start at 24-1 with a +17.4 point differential. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander framed the defeat as a learning opportunity, saying losing exposes growth and offers a chance to retest. Jalen Williams emphasized using the loss to get better rather than resting on the record.
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