OAKLAND – Paul George saw the baseline drive coming, and knew he had to defend both the corner and the wing at the same time while his teammates scrambled back into position. Playing centerfield, George jabbed to the corner to bait the pass to the wing, and somehow snared it with one hand for one of his six steals in the game. Coming down the other end of the floor, George danced with the ball out top, clearly bristling with rhythm and confidence, and buried a three-pointer over the defense.
It was a defining moment of the Thunder’s 125-105 road drubbing of the Golden State Warriors, the NBA’s defending champs, and it snapped a four-game losing skid for Oklahoma City.