SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The Golden 1 Center had seen enough, courtesy of Paul George.
Russell Westbrook came down the floor and immediately sought the mismatch. George doesn't usually play early in the fourth quarter, but a thin Thunder bench on Wednesday required it.
In the Thunder's 132-113 win against the Kings, it not only snapped a three-game road losing streak, but its new Big Three stepped up as a collective following a late announcement that Dennis Schroder wouldn't be available due to a one-game suspension.
Led by George's 43 points, the Thunder blasted the Kings with overwhelming efforts from its entire starting lineup.