I watched the game, but my mind drifted throughout the game with all which was going on in our country the past two days so this will be brief.
Toronto beat the Thunder on Wednesday night by a count of 112-102 behind Demar DeRozan’s 37 point performance. The game featured the NBA’s two leading scorers in DeRozan and Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook scored 36 points on a 9-26 shooting night, but had eight turnovers.
OKC came out beautifully leading 12-0 at one point, but once DeRozan got going, the Thunder really never could come up with an answer to stop him. Victor Oladipo and Steven Adams had nice nights, but beyond OKC’s core three there wasn’t enough ball movement or distribution on the night to outscore the Raptors.
OKC did pull within four points late in the fourth period, but then faltered on four straight offensive possessions which ultimately led to their first home loss of the season.
OKC drops to 6-2 for the season and this is one of those close games against a quality team which OKC will need to win later on in the season if they aspire to stay a top four team in the West heading into post season.
Orlando up next on Friday for the Thunder.