24 Minutes of Hell as Thunder Obliterate Cleveland Cavs, 134-114

Somewhere former college hoops coach Nolan Richardson is smiling. Because let MJ tell you this…what the Thunder did last night in that first half versus the incredibly shell-shocked Cleveland Cavs was vintage Nolan Richardson 48 Minutes of Hell ballin’.

Holy shit…..134-114 and it really wasn’t that close.

This game was over maybe six minutes into the first period when it became apparent Cleveland was going to ignore the fact the Thunder minus their best two bigs were prone to being exposed inside the paint. Instead, the Cavs decided they would try and run with these college greyhounds and toy with Forty Minutes of Hell on the road in front of a sellout blood thirsty crowd inside of Paycom Arena.

Some advice to Cav head coach Kenny Adkinson…in the event your team beats Boston to advance to the NBA Finals opposite this Thunder team if they indeed advance…I think it might be worthy of a rethink to consider slowing the pace inside of Paycom Arena next time you face these dobermans with a national audience watching.

I mean, without a single point or rebound from either Chet or Isaiah the Thunder made your team look like the Portland TrailBlazers or New Orleans Pelicans. Maybe….you can get away with running with the Thunder at home when you get friendly whistles, but I think a different type of ball should be considered next time you visit Oklahoma.

I love this. Because it’s now apparent to me the OU men aren’t ready to play big boy SEC hoops yet…so for me this kills two birds with one stone as an Oklahoma hoops addict. But let me say in behalf of the OU women…they minus South Carolina I think are going to do okay in the SEC minus games played against South Carolina. Jenni has that program headed the right direction.

Now back to the greyhound-dobermans.

So what did this game last night mean? For me it meant Shai is now clearly the front runner to unseat Jokic’s hold on the regular season MVP trophy. Shai on TNT showed the basketball world he currently is playing the best basketball in the world on a team which if he and Dub stay healthy are going to flirt with the 70 win plateaus of the ’95-’96 Bulls and the ’15-’16 Warriors…. which by the way both included Steve Kerr.

It also to me shows Boston is still the team to beat in the East as the defending champions if Porzingus is still helathy come playoff time. Boston’s core knows what it takes to navigate these waters. They’ve gone through failure and then attained the ultimate glory of holding the O’Brien Trophy with confetti falling.

To me…winning the NBA Championship is like the journey of life. It’s tough. You get knocked down and have to learn survival skills. Soft doesn’t cut it in the journey of life or winning an NBA ‘ship.

I think the Thunder are tough for certain, but there’s this part of my basketball soul which questions if they’re ready to win sixteen games in April, May, and June.

So tonight in Dallas on a back to back with no Luka….I’m very interested to see if these guys can move from last night and bring their lunchpails ready to go from the opening tip.

I can’t wait another national marquee Thunder game to prelude the NFL Divisional Playoffs and Championship Monday between Ohio State vs. Notre Dame.

With more Arctic weather headed towards Oklahoma … I seriously doubt I’ll leave the house for three days minus feeding the deer and turkeys.

This is why you own your own blog. and never deal with another messageboard in your life.

One last Thunder thing…a shout out to the kid from Utah. Those two threes in that type of setting were impressive. We’ll see what he does in Dallas tonight.

Stay warm, Oklahoma.

Mike J

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