A very nice road win for the Thunder as they roared back from ten points down late in the game on the road to earn a hard earned W. Granted, Cleveland was without two of its top eight rotational players in Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, but you’ll take any road win you can in the NBA.
Shai is always good..so let me write both Lu Dort and Chet were my No. 1 and No. 2 stars in this game.
Lu never gets the credit he should from the Thunder fanbase, but I tell you this…I as a Warriors fan would LOVE to package a deal sending Lu to Golden State for Gary Payton Jr. and a second round draft pick. For all the Lu critics in Oklahoma…work on that one for me with Sam Presti.
As far as Chet….I gave him an 8.5 on my TSNS metric scale for his very nice bounceback game after his ‘struggle game’ in Chicago.
There will be moments of brillance from both Chet and Wemby this season…especially when they play against other light centers in the league such as the Cav’s Evan Mobley.
Great road trip for the Thunder. The Thunder home opener tomorrow against the Denver Nuggets should be a game which tells us much more about this team and what their season boundaries should be.
Have a serene autumn day watching college football.
MJ