The Thunder are many things, and they’re looking to become even more. They’re the defending NBA champions . They’ve won a combined 132 games over the last two regular seasons, including a franchise-best 68 victories last season and a league-best 64 wins this season. They’ve had the league’s best regular-season net rating and defense the last two seasons. NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) and his Thunder teammates will provide a great test for the Lakers, especially without Luka Doncic at the outset of the series and maybe longer. NBAE via Getty Images They’re the obstacle standing between the Lakers and an appearance in the Western Conference finals, after the Lakers beat the Rockets in a six-game first-round series to advance to the second round of the playoffs.  That’s who and what the Thunder are now.  “We saw a stat in our morning meeting [Sunday] morning, like teams that have had back-to-back, 10 or more net ratings in consecutive seasons, you’re talking about the ’95-’96 Bulls and ’96-’97…