Oklahoma City Thunder 104 — Milwaukee Bucks 96
OKC’s Thunder shot out to a 32-12 first quarter win doing everything right, and did just enough the remaining thirty-six minutes to claim a 104-96 win over the 26-37 Milwaukee Bucks.
This clearly wasn’t a piece of art, but OKC did win the game and did somewhat salvage this four game road swing by beating two bad teams and losing to two good teams.
As is the case in so many of the Thunder’s games they struggled at the shooting guard position. Andre Roberson, Dion Waiters, and Randy Foye played a combined 54 minutes. In those 54 minutes they scored 5 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, had 4 assists, and were a combined -10. This was clearly one of Dion Waiters worst games and we’ll not go any further there, and this was against a Bucks team which won’t make the playoffs.
Cam Payne was a healthy DNP once again amidst all of this. Go figure.
Durant scored 32 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Westbrook tripled doubled. Serge Ibaka, Steven Adams, and Enes Kanter all scored in double figures and were part of the Thunder drubbing the Bucks by a 54-34 margin on the boards.
Kyle Singler wasn’t horrible.
I wouldn’t draw anything from this other than OKC beat another bad team riding the fumes from Durant and Westbrook, but it’s a win and OKC needs to feel good about itself so you won’t read me bitching about the 21 turnovers and some dubious decisions made on the floor. Maybe at some point we just come to terms this is what the Thunder are.
LA Clippers in town on Wednesday night where a Thunder win gives them a comfort margin once again.
I need a dog and a hot blonde video to keep my mind off the basketball. I’ve come to terms with this team.
Under stress, we regress. KD and Russ are going solo since the schedule is getting tougher. Trust is out the window. Old habits are rearing their ugly heads. Billy D is feeling the pressure without his assistants helping him find his way through the fog. It’s March Madness. Notice how the number of guys getting minutes is dwindling. Reminds me of tournament time. Might be a good idea for Nick, Anthony and Cameron to get some more minutes. No need to confuse March with playoff time.