MIAMI – Man to man? Zone? Trapping? It didn’t matter what kind of defense the Miami Heat tried to play. The Thunder ripped right through it.
The Thunder ripped off its 7th-straight victory on Friday in one of its most comfortable and confident performances of the season, routing a Miami squad that currently sits in the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Offensively, the Thunder got whatever it wanted. Defensively, Head Coach Billy Donovan put his team in position to stymie the Heat all night by forcing turnovers and creating clunky Miami possessions for nearly all 48 minutes.