Before we get into talking about the Thunder, I would like to congratulate LeBron James on passing Kareem as the league’s all-time leading scorer. James has played at a top level for twenty years and his ability to sustain his performance year in year out is hugely impressive.
For the Thunder, the game against the Lakers was massive. The possibility of LeBron making history meant that the game was flexed onto national television and 200 journalists descended on Los Angeles. It is easy to get lost and be awed by an occasion of this grandeur.