Remember 24 hours ago when everyone thought the Thunder were totally outmatched in this series and didn’t stand a chance? That’s been disproven, but why does this somehow feel even worse?
It was a night where everything seemed to go right for the Thunder, until it didn’t. The energy and effort were substantially better, the pick-and-roll defense was improved, and Russell Westbrook was on fire…for 33 minutes and 40 seconds, anyway. With 2:20 left in the third quarter, Westbrook subbed out. After all, it was his time in the rotation to come out. But as we know, it was so much more.