The Thunder's 97-95 victory at Utah on Monday night ranks as one of OKC's best wins of the season. Utah was hot — the Jazz are sixth in ESPN's latest power rankings and entered the game No. 4 in the Western Conference.
The Thunder's win ranks with the early-season triumph at the Clippers as the most impressive of the season.
And here's why it's even better. The Thunder showed some late-game chops.
Offensive execution in crunch time has been a Thunder problem for years. Truth is, it's a problem for most teams. Defenses get set, mess with offensive sets and a good shot is hard to come by.