The Thunder, sans an ejected Russell Westbrook, took care of business against the Mavericks’ junior varsity squad on Wednesday. Despite looking mediocre in losses and close wins against some bad teams of late, the fact remains that the Thunder are 17-4 over their last 21. They’ve improved on the road, kept making lineup adjustments, and acknowledged their weaknesses from the top down.
I’m growing more confident in how Billy Donavan’s lineup management will look in the playoffs (when any dumpster-fire-five-man-bench-unit isn’t necessary), but still unconvinced that the team can play with the mustard it wants to on both offense and defense.