Oklahoma City Thunder 111 — Philadelphia 76’ers 97
In all candor I’d have rather been watching what chain Donald Trump was pulling on the GOP establishment in this twenty-four hour news cycle, but alas the tireless job of a Thunder blogger is to show up for work even on a night when the opponent is the feeble Philly Sixers.
Unless you’re one of those insecure, vapid types on Daily Thunder or whatever Nickie Gallo calls his blog—this is one of those nights you put up the score, maybe work hard through two ‘graphs and call it a night.
This was a game which even if OKC had wanted to lose they couldn’t have because I’m sure somewhere on Jerry Colangelo’s computer is an e-mail from the clueless Sam Hinkie exhorting the Sixers to draft Ben Simmons this July and add another misfit to the rebuild process. So—in essence this was a game Philly needed to lose for the ‘process’.
How could you possibly not make the NCAA Tournament field in this day and age and be considered to be the No. 1 pick in the draft? Just visualize Simmons with the other misfits. Embiid will never play. Okafor will never defend. And Simmons will never shoot. Go for it, Hinkie.
Anyway—there was never any drama in this one as OKC improves to 47-22 on the year and 20-13 on the road.
Tomorrow night in Indianapolis against the Pacers.
The end.
Mike Jackson