The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz at home, 122-113. In a rematch between OKC and the team that unceremoniously punched them out of the playoffs last year, the Thunder first rode a stout defense, which then set up Paul George to go wild in the 3rd quarter. Amid a 17 point 3rd quarter burst by PG, the Thunder pushed their 11 point halftime lead to 24 and with it, George earned the rest of the game off as OKC crash landed to a 9 point victory.
George’s stat line of 31 to go along with 3 assists, 3 rebounds and 4 steals on only 10 shots — combined with last Wednesday’s eruption — does cause one to think back a bit when another spindly small forward would put up hyper-efficient scoring displays similar to this one (Jeff Green, natch).