I won’t lie, the Thunder’s 122-118 win over the still dysfunctional Sacramento Kings was a very anti-climatic event for me. After living through Mason Crosby kicking two plus fifty yard field goals in the last two minutes to propel the Packers to the NFC Championship Game in Atlanta next Sunday, I’ll admit it was hard to summon passion in watching the Thunder almost blow a 17 point lead against the still hapless Kings.
I was very gentle with my wife after the game. Win with grace, lose with grace is the way it should always be. Dallas had a heckuva season and should be proud they almost came all the way back from being down 21-3. But like I wrote yesterday before the game–Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers. He never ceases to amaze me. He’s simply an amazing quarterback.
The Thunder game actually depressed me even though Oklahoma City won the game to improve to 25-17. Russell Westbrook had another triple double with 36 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists so there was that. Enes Kanter had a huge game with 29 points, 12 rebounds, and a +19 rating. But mainly the thing which clings to me about this game was that OKC almost blew a seventeen point lead while turning the ball over 19 times.
But still OKC improves to 4-4 in January and 25-17 overall. Given what I predicted from OKC before the season with OKC winning somewhere between 46-48 games they’re on that pace and I shouldn’t be greedy other than just wanting to see them play smarter basketball.
Steven Adams suffered what appeared to be a concussion last night and only played twenty minutes so we’ll have to see if he’s available tonight in Los Angeles against the Clippers.
Like I wrote, with the Packers very much in the Super Bowl hunt– I’m having trouble focusing on the Thunder right now. Here’s Aaron Rodger’s girlfriend, Olivia Munn, who btw very much has an Oklahoma connection in that she attended Putnam City North high school and the University of Oklahoma. This is cute, Olivia on Stephen Colbert talking about the engagement, the dog, and such.