This is the new version of the Game Thread. This is the Live Thread. You’re still able to overreact in the comments, claim that Tim Duncan was a center, and that Karl Malone was the best Power Forward of all-time; only now you can get live game updates from pregame to Postgame with everything in between.

2nd quarter

Utah Jazz 41 - Oklahoma City Thunder 41

For 7 minutes of the second quarter it appeared that Utah had resigned themselves to their fate without Ricky Rubio. Their offense struggled, they made careless turnovers, and Russell Westbrook looked like he had found his groove .