BOSTON — It’s two games.
Two really, really good games.
But two games.
Here’s something that really stood out to me in this one: The Thunder went up 20 early in the third, and then Durant airmailed a 3. Westbrook forced a drive. Then Westbrook missed an unbalanced transition 3 with no rebounders. In the meantime, the Celtics went on a 7-0 run to cut it to 13. It felt like the Thunder were starting the implode again.
Because that’s what they’ve often done in those games. They go for the kill in the third quarter, trying to hit the dagger instead of playing on.