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“In your face!!”
It’s that old, familiar basketball smack-talk line that gets served up after a blocked shot like a one-two punch. If you’ve ever played basketball with any amount of skill, surely the feeling of shutting down your opponent’s attempt to score still resides in the halls of your memory. The excitement of a well-delivered blocked shot is one of the sport’s great thrills – perhaps even up there with the slam dunk and the alley-oop assist.
Beginning with the Nov. 22 Thunder vs. Warriors game, the law firm of Phillips Murrah began a new partnership with the Thunder Cares Foundation called Blocks For Bucks. To recognize our home team’s accomplishments in blocking shots, Phillips Murrah is donating $100 to the Thunder Cares Foundation for each blocked shot that the Thunder forces at home games during the regular season.
“Phillips Murrah is proud to partner with the Thunder Cares Foundation,” said Phillips Murrah President and Managing Partner, Thomas G. Wolfe. “The Thunder has done so much in Oklahoma. We’re glad to join in their efforts.”
The Thunder Cares Foundation helps support the team’s community outreach projects, including Thunder-themed basketball courts in parks, schools and community centers across Oklahoma, as well as learning labs and activity rooms at organizations like the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County, City Rescue Mission, and Positive Tomorrows, a school that serves homeless children in Oklahoma City. In celebration of the Thunder’s 10th season, the Thunder Cares Foundation is funding a matching grant through DonorsChoose.org in support of Health & Sports projects in public schools across Oklahoma.
You can check into the Thunder Cares Blocks For Bucks landing page throughout the season to see an updated Blocks Counter, a total amount of funds raised and videos snippets of key blocks highlights, including the one below.
KD gets blocked during the Nov. 22 Thunder victory over the Warriors.