Four consecutive losses to begin the season is all but a forgotten memory, as the OKC Thunder continue to build upon the current hot streak. The Thunder have won 10 of the past 11 games since the four-game slide and most of it without Russell Westbrook on the floor. So what changed since the start of the season? It’s not the starting lineup, minutes, coaches or the game plan. The difference has been chemistry.
Chemistry seems like a new concept for a team which hasn’t had much of it since 2016. But that’s exactly what we’ve been seeing the past month with Paul George leading the way and having fun doing it.