There were tenuous moments as the faithful in Chesapeake Energy Arena stayed on their feet for the final minutes, but when it was all said and done and time to celebrate the New Year, Thunder fans had plenty to cheer about.
Sealing a 110-106 victory over the Phoenix Suns, the Thunder moved to 7-1 on its traditional “Opening Night” home game, this year to commemorate the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016. It was far from an easy win for the Thunder, however, as it never led by more than nine and had to shrug off the feisty Suns squad deep into the final minutes of the game.