MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tuesday's game against the Grizzlies won't be able to touch the homecoming Cameron Payne received Monday.
For a few moments during halftime of a high school girls basketball game, the buzz of the capacity-filled gymnasium was focused on Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Co., as they walked in and took seats at the top of the home bleachers. All you had to do, however, was look at the big white buttons each Thunder player was wearing and you knew this was Payne's night.
The button's message: “Payne 3 #alwaysalynx.