TULSA – Russell Westbrook was up on the sideline encouraging Steven Adams with a chorus of “Keep working him!”. Paul George shot his hands up straight into the air to remind Tim Luwawu-Cabbarot to maintain legal guarding position. Billy Donovan called timeout to get the group together for a quick conversation. There was a lot of teaching to be done on Sunday afternoon for the Thunder at the BOK Center.
Gradually, the lessons started to sink in, and Head Coach Billy Donovan’s group got it going. Dennis Schröder took the ball to the corner and burst ahead baseline for a slick finish at the rim.