Sunday's soiree with OKC saw the Cs' newly-designated 'elite' defense more than hold its own against one of the league's best offenses. Also — Marcus Smart went nuts.
Having slow-started in every prior game this season, the Cs took only a couple minutes to reach full throttle in this one. The Green played patiently through a see-saw 36 minutes, then pulled away in a terrific 4th quarter in which Russell Westbrook just couldn't stop chucking up brick after brick, leading his team to an L despite the benefit of a phantom foul call on almost every drive.