Champagne Issues: Why the Thunder’s Locker Room Celebration Was Delayed

The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder had simply gained the NBA championship, the on-court ceremony was over and so they had been heading to the locker room to begin the celebration. This usually contains the normal spraying of champagne throughout everybody and every thing.

And the Thunder had been able to partake in all that.

“The place’s the champagne at?” some yelled on their method into the room.

It was prepared. Drawback was, the Thunder weren’t.

See, the Thunder are younger, the youngest NBA champion in practically a half-century. And, effectively, it seems that almost all gamers had completely no concept find out how to pop the corks.

“None of us knew find out how to do it,” middle Isaiah Hartenstein stated, revealing that some gamers — sure, moments after profitable the NBA title — had been going onto YouTube seeking tutorials for find out how to make the bubbles fly.

Enter Thunder guard Alex Caruso, who has already gained an NBA title. The oldest participant on the crew, at 31, confirmed everybody find out how to get it carried out. And finally, they obtained it proper.

“We didn’t do all of it on the similar time till, like, the third attempt,” Caruso stated. “I attempted my greatest.”

In time, all of them figured it out. It was the final lesson of many this season for the Thunder, who completed with 84 wins — tying for the third-most in NBA historical past.

And the crew might have all of its key gamers again subsequent season; they’re all beneath contract. So, if the Thunder discover a method to go back-to-back, Caruso expects the locker room celebration to go a bit extra easily in 2026.

“We’ll get some relaxation, reset, attempt to go once more subsequent yr and see if we are able to do it once more,” Caruso stated. “We’ll be higher. We’ll be higher subsequent yr.”

Reporting by The Related Press.

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