Minnesota Timberwolves 99 — Oklahoma City Thunder 96
It’s a good thing I adopted my kinder, gentler mantra earlier this week in regards because in all candor when you lose at home to the young Timberwolves there’s so much which could be written, but won’t be right now. Like I wrote earlier this week, I’ve fully come to terms what this team isn’t and the limitations of Billy Donovan as an NBA coach this year.
But I’m keeping to my word and won’t dwell on Serge Ibaka going scoreless in twenty minutes before fouling out. Nor will I mention the turnovers, especially by Kevin Durant. Add to the homer fest I won’t chart that Andre Roberson, Anthony Morrow, and Randy Foye went a combined 4-19 from the field at the shooting guard position.
Cam Payne didn’t play again.
Dion Waiters didn’t play because of his family situation and I ‘m sure a plethora of the tweakers at Daily Thunder are wondering how it can be OKC can still suck at the shooting guard position without Dion even playing. Word of advice to the DT tweakers…grow up. You should be further along at this point in figuring things out.
OKC drops to 44-21 overall. But more revealing is the fact OKC is 4-6 since the All-Star break.
I mean, it is what it is. If I were doing a Power Poll tomorrow morning I’d have OKC at probably No. 7 or so.
I don’t know what else to write about these guys. They just lost at home to the No. 13 seed in the West on a night when they were a Vegas 12 point home favorite.
Thunder head to San Antonio tomorrow night to play the Spurs who are 31-0 at home this season. Good — luck — with — that.
Mike Jackson