With three days in between games against Western Conference playoff foes, the Thunder has had plenty of time to heal up, study up and on Tuesday sweat out the past and look ahead to the final 7 games of the regular season.
At 44-31, the Thunder is currently slated in 4th place in the Western Conference, with home court advantage in the first round of the postseason if that were to hold. Yet coming up over the next six games are a sextet of above-.500 squads, many of whom are battling for playoff seeding.
The Thunder needs the wins in order to maintain its positioning, but Head Coach Billy Donovan also knows that his team must approach this stretch with the same commitment to team principles on offense and defense as it has all season.