The Thunder is behaving better. You know it, the Thunder knows it, everybody knows it.
The Thunder received 75 misbehaving technical fouls last season, not counting those that were rescinded later by the NBA office. That was third in the league, trailing only the Suns (85) and Warriors (77).
Russell Westbrook had 16 technicals, and both Paul George and Dennis Schroder were in double digits.
But through 54 games, two thirds of the season, this Thunder team has received just 14 misbehaving technical fouls, not counting two that were rescinded. That’s about one every four games.