Paul George had just wrapped up his brilliant night, scoring 41 points to keep the Los Angeles Clippers’ season alive. He shared some hugs and fist bumps with teammates and assistant coaches before he finally got to head coach Tyronn Lue.

It was general manager Sam Presti’s annual state of the Thunder press conference when I decided he’d finally answered the big question: What did he want more, victories or ping-pong balls in the draft lottery?

OKLAHOMA CITY — How will they do it?

At his Thursday press conference, Thunder general manager Sam Presti fielded a few questions about some negative words that have been associated with Paul George’s assessment of the organization that just traded him to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Here is the way two national outlets have portrayed what’s going on with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Early Friday morning, between midnight and 1 a.m. Thursday night, following the NBA draft, Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti made mention of several things.

The day Russell Westbrook does a media member any favors and the day the Thunder, as an organization, quit letting him run the entire media show may be never.

How far did Terrance Ferguson come in his second NBA season?

Jerami Grant doesn’t say much. Not after games, nor in advance of them, nor at his exit interview on April 25, when his entire transcript took…

In five playoff games against the Portland Trail Blazers, Thunder center Steven Adams averaged 11.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and made 66.7 percent of his field goal attempts and 37.5 percent of his free-throw attempts.