Seasons
1988-89
Record: 36-18, second in Western Division of 12-team league.
Playoffs: Ousted by Rockford again, 4-2 in best-of-seven first-round series.
Scoring leaders: Kevin Gamble 27.8, Bill Jones 20.9, Anthony Bowie 20.7.
Rebounding leaders: Barry Sumpter 11.1, Cedric Henderson 9.4.
Assist leaders: Corey Gaines 9.0, Greg Jones 5.6.
Year in review: The fast-breakin’-est bunch in Thunder history scored their first win of the season on the road at Charleston, by a count of 155-147, the highest-scoring game in Thunder history. Kevin Gamble had 45 in that game and averaged just under 28 through 12 games before the Boston Celtics made the former Iowa star the first Thunder player ever called to the NBA. ... Points and call-ups became a theme. The Thunder averaged 117 points that year, and Corey Gaines, Bill Jones, first-ever Thunder league MVP Anthony Bowie and a rookie center named Barry Sumpter made treks to the NBA behind Gamble. ... Bowie’s call came with the Thunder leading Rosen and Rockford 2-0 in a postseason rematch. The Thunder lost the next four games, the last after Sumpter had been summoned to the L.A. Clippers.