In its second preseason game, the Thunder beat the New Zealand Breakers 110-84 Thursday at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Here are five takeaways:
Thunder dominates inside
The New Zealand Breakers are certainly not the Utah Jazz defensively. There was no Rudy Gobert waiting for Steven Adams, Hamidou Diallo and Co. on Thursday.
The Thunder dominated inside, scoring 46 of its 61 first-half points in the paint, and 72 total. Some of it was too easy, but there were nifty moves, too, from a Deonte Burton Euro Step to Adams leading the fast break.
Adams, Diallo and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did the most damage, scoring a combined 43 points – all in the paint or at the free throw line.