The Warriors’ 111-95 dismantling of the Thunder requires little analysis. Semaj Christon played well. Everyone else stunk. Does that about cover it?
The Thunder big men were dominated by the Golden State big men, and the Warriors don’t even pretend to have much in the way of big men. Taj Gibson and Enes Kanter kept getting stuffed in the paint – the Warriors had eight blocked shots. Steven Adams had one rebound; he had two flip shots in the first 85 seconds, then took just three shots the rest of the game. Kanter’s pick-and-roll defense was so bad he turned JaVale McGee into a Hakeem Olajuwon.