For the third straight season, the Thunder secured home-court advantage throughout the Western Conference as the one seed.

Last season, having home-court advantage came through in a major way. OKC, as we all know, is one of, if not the hardest, place to play for visiting teams in the playoffs, and giving this Thunder team more chances to play with that type of advantage will always be welcomed.

After the Thunder's practice this afternoon, Jalen Williams spoke to the value of having home-court advantage and how it helped OKC last season and could have been the difference-maker in the Game 7s vs. the Nuggets and the Pacers.