Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the youthful Oklahoma Thunder are on the verge of making the franchise’s first appearance in the Western Conference finals since 2016.

While the Oklahoma City Thunder are busy with their Round 2 playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, the 2025 NBA draft lottery was revealed. The randomness always creates chaos. It happened again as the Dallas Mavericks landed the No. 1 pick and will likely add Cooper Flagg.

The second of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Elmore Spencer. After ending his college career at UNLV, Spencer was picked up with the 25th overall selection of the 1992 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.

While the Oklahoma City Thunder are engaged in the playoffs, some local students took on the challenge of combining basketball with math.