If the Thunder fan base–increasingly hyped about the seventh seed and angst-ridden about likely looming trade activity–needed a reality check, tonight serves as a good one. A lot of familiar elements dotted Game 25: clawing back into a game they seemed at once overmatched in (they were down 16 midway through the first quarter but headed into the half down just three), forgetting how to basketball in the third quarter (Denver won that frame 30-19), and coming up respectably short on the road against a quality team.
This game wasn’t an aberration. We know who the Thunder are.