The Oklahoma City Thunder are set to play their last home game of the regular season at 7p.m. on Tuesday. The next time the team takes the court in the Paycom Center will be for the NBA playoffs. It will be the Thunder’s 12th playoff appearance since 2010 and the second season in a row.

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That changed in 2011 when I watched Oklahoma City’s crowd relish a series-clinching win in the first round against Denver. I felt an unmistakable swirl of hostility in that dark, cob-webbed corner of my psyche where I keep all my petty resentments and bone-deep grudges.