Oklahoma woman’s homemade signs help bring Thunder spirit to NBA Playoffs
Scissortail Park is buzzing like we’ve never seen it before, but the excitement is all around Oklahoma City.
Updated: 4:15 PM CDT Jun 5, 2025
Scissortail Park is buzzing like we’ve never seen it before, but the excitement is all around Oklahoma City. You can see it in the flags and banners, and some of those homemade signs are taking off. “It’s a simple orange sign, but it means a lot. The community thinks a lot of this team and wants to support,” Alexa Lienhard, who is selling homemade signs, said. You may have seen her orange signs across the city during the playoffs and thought people were getting them from a sign shop. You’d be wrong. Lienhard told KOCO 5 that she just wanted something to celebrate the playoffs. “Back in the years with Russ, we had the ‘In Russ We Trust’ signs. So, I kinda looked around and couldn’t find anything,” she said. “So, just like, well, let’s create it ourselves. And so, we ordered 50 to start.” But when her friends and family put their signs down, demand shot up. “Within about three weeks, some different neighborhoods were catching on. And so, some of them wanted to order them in bulk,” Lienhard said. Video Below: Sky 5 shows Thunder UP in the Park before Game 1 of the NBA FinalsNow, the number of signs is at 2,600. Entire neighborhoods even bought signs, with some making them their own with player tributes. You’ll find them in Nichols Hills, Crown Heights and even in front of businesses and outside Oklahoma City. “I’ve had some people buy and send them to Duncan, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Dallas. We’ve also got some in Denver,” Lienhard said. It still has that small-town feel here in Oklahoma City with people pulling up to her front porch to grab them. While it has been a surprise, Lienhard said “it is kinda crazy to see something like that spread so fast.” “In Oklahoma City, no. I feel like things spread like wildfire here, and we’re really rallying around our team,” said Claire Murchison, who bought a sign. Video Below: OKC Mayor David Holt makes wager with Indianapolis mayor ahead of NBA Finals “Somebody from the outside might be surprised by what’s happening here in Oklahoma City, but I think those of us who have been born and raised here and have stayed here to continue our careers and our lives and our families, we’re not shocked one bit,” Lienhard said. People who want to buy one of the signs can email Lienhard at thunderupsigns@gmail.com. More Thunder HeadlinesNBA Finals Guide: Tickets, schedule and everything you need to know as the Thunder play for a titleTracking Thunder ticket prices for first two games of NBA FinalsSee when you can watch the Thunder play in the NBA FinalsOklahoma City Thunder return to NBA Finals after 13 yearsThe Thunder have won the Western Conference title. Here’s where you can get NBA Finals gearSGA wins Western Conference Finals MVP
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Scissortail Park is buzzing like we’ve never seen it before, but the excitement is all around Oklahoma City.
You can see it in the flags and banners, and some of those homemade signs are taking off.
“It’s a simple orange sign, but it means a lot. The community thinks a lot of this team and wants to support,” Alexa Lienhard, who is selling homemade signs, said.
You may have seen her orange signs across the city during the playoffs and thought people were getting them from a sign shop. You’d be wrong.
Lienhard told KOCO 5 that she just wanted something to celebrate the playoffs.
“Back in the years with Russ, we had the ‘In Russ We Trust’ signs. So, I kinda looked around and couldn’t find anything,” she said. “So, just like, well, let’s create it ourselves. And so, we ordered 50 to start.”
But when her friends and family put their signs down, demand shot up.
“Within about three weeks, some different neighborhoods were catching on. And so, some of them wanted to order them in bulk,” Lienhard said.
Video Below: Sky 5 shows Thunder UP in the Park before Game 1 of the NBA Finals
Now, the number of signs is at 2,600. Entire neighborhoods even bought signs, with some making them their own with player tributes. You’ll find them in Nichols Hills, Crown Heights and even in front of businesses and outside Oklahoma City.
“I’ve had some people buy and send them to Duncan, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Dallas. We’ve also got some in Denver,” Lienhard said.
It still has that small-town feel here in Oklahoma City with people pulling up to her front porch to grab them. While it has been a surprise, Lienhard said “it is kinda crazy to see something like that spread so fast.”
“In Oklahoma City, no. I feel like things spread like wildfire here, and we’re really rallying around our team,” said Claire Murchison, who bought a sign.
Video Below: OKC Mayor David Holt makes wager with Indianapolis mayor ahead of NBA Finals
“Somebody from the outside might be surprised by what’s happening here in Oklahoma City, but I think those of us who have been born and raised here and have stayed here to continue our careers and our lives and our families, we’re not shocked one bit,” Lienhard said.
People who want to buy one of the signs can email Lienhard at thunderupsigns@gmail.com.
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