{"id":688592,"date":"2026-03-30T19:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688592\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:52:16","slug":"okc-thunder-to-play-at-tulsas-bok-center-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688592\/","title":{"rendered":"OKC Thunder to play at Tulsa&#8217;s BOK Center later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the cusp of the 2026 NBA playoffs, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oklahoma City Thunder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oklahoma City Thunder&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> announced something that&#8217;ll happen later on down the road \u2014 hopefully with back-to-back banners being ready to get unveiled at Paycom Center around the Halloween season.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder announced on Monday that they will return to Tulsa&#8217;s BOK Center for a 2026-27 preseason game. They will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-orleans-pelicans\/3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Pelicans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Orleans Pelicans&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The rest of the preseason schedule will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Good to see the Thunder return to Tulsa after a one-year hiatus. They traditionally play at the BOK Center for a preseason outing. This will be the 16th time in 19 seasons. That didn&#8217;t happen this past year due to scheduling conflicts with the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Thunder is Oklahoma&#8217;s sole professional sports team. That means their fanbases stretch beyond just OKC. A 90-minute drive up north, Tulsa is the state&#8217;s second-biggest city. So it makes sense to pay a visit there once a year.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/okcthunderwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/03\/30\/okc-thunder-to-play-at-tulsas-bok-center-later-this-year\/89389797007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:OKC Thunder to play at Tulsa&#039;s BOK Center later this year;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OKC Thunder to play at Tulsa&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">OKC Thunder to play at Tulsa&#8217;s BOK Center later this year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the cusp of the 2026 NBA playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced something that&#8217;ll happen later on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,30719,6,470,310,475,179,3966,3965,4319,6348,312],"class_list":["post-688592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-basketball","tag-bok-center","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-paycom-center","tag-preseason-game","tag-thunder"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116319875636717769","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}