Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari remained rooted to the floor as Mike Muscala loped to him. Muscala jumped and flailed. Gallinari waited, a smile tugging at one corner of his mouth. Dennis Schroder threw a ball arching into Gallinari’s path. Still, he waited.
When Gallinari’s teammates had run out of distraction tactics Sunday, the perennial post-practice 3-point contest winner let his last shot of the day fly. Swish.
“It’s funny,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said the last time his team came to Oklahoma City, “everywhere he goes he just keeps playing, keeps scoring. Then when you read about the teams, you rarely see a Gallinari comment.