The Thunder entered the season as the favorites, and there is one historic state says there's no reason to change that now.

The Thunder (7-0) have matched their franchise record for best start to a season. They made easy work of the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday with a 137-106 win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his signature 30 points in three quarters before he sat out.

Such was the case last year, when the Thunder went 68-14 and won the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed by 16 games. Put that into some perspective: Oklahoma City could have ended the season on an 18-game losing streak and it still would have won the No. 1 seed at 53-29, or one game better than Houston’s 52-30.