The Oklahoma City Thunder swept the New Orleans Pelicans for the team's first NBA playoff series win since the 2015-16 season.

With their first-round matchup set against the New Orleans Pelicans, it seems extremely likely the Thunder will clinch their first second-round appearance since Kevin Durant sported a Thunder jersey. Oklahoma City will make quick work of the Pelicans dispatching them in five games.

Over the last month, the Oklahoma City Thunder's schedule has resembled an NFL team's more than an NBA's. Since the Thunder's regular-season finale on April 14, OKC will have played four games in 21 days.

B y the time Game 1 of the Thunder’s second-round series tips off Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, the Thunder will have played just four games in the last 22 days. The Thunder had a week-long break between its last regular-season game on April 14 and first playoff game on April 21.

The Thunder has the luxury of resting up before Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals next Tuesday while the Clippers and Mavericks, OKC's possible opponents, are still beating each other up in Round 1.

The Oklahoma City Thunder had plenty of rest at the conclusion of the NBA regular season. They had a week to wait before tipping off the playoffs. Then they quickly swept the New Orleans Pelicans in four games in a series that proved their arrival -- building off an incredible 57-25 regular season.