Another nice win over a bad team for the Thunder as Paul George led the way with a 35 point, 7 rebound, 5 assist night to help OKC improve to 9-5 for the season. It was very easy as the Thunder have now won nine of their last ten games following the 0-4 start.
Russell Westbrook missed his fifth straight game and seventh of the season. It didn’t matter. In fact, it might be better for this team when they play against bad teams if Westbrook isn’t on the floor.
Dennis Schroder against middle to bad teams has had no problem for the most part getting the team into its offense and in these last several games Paul George seems much more comfortable embracing the Batman role. Steven Adams actually gets the ball more and in no way so far has Westbrook’s absence effected Adam’s offensive production.
On this night the Thunder had 32 assists with Schroder accumulating a season high 12 helpers. The ball moved for four quarters—what can I say. Yes, the Knicks suck and Steven Adams threw former mate Enes Kanter around like a rag doll, but the ball moved and went down the hole.
OKC went 16-33 shooting threes on a night when the Thunder weren’t one of the worst three point shooting teams in the league. I can no longer threaten to break Jerami Grant’s arm for shooting threes as he went 3-5 behind the line on this night.
Terrance Ferguson ran around quite a bit — I’m not sure what he did exactly, but if you watch him closely he does run around quite a bit at least giving the impression he’s doing something. Look for Nick Gallo to compare Terrance to John Havlicek in the coming days. Royce Young will agree.
Wild Thing Jr.(Diallo) is the better player, but we’ll just have to see this thru as we do all Thunder things involving Sam Presti. Turn this kid loose….turn him loose. Hamidou Diallo Nature Boy….whoo!
The bench was good with 37 points on a night when Alex Abrines had an upset stomach and wasn’t able to contribute a point. I’m sure Nick Gallo was spoon feeding Alex chicken noodle soup in the second half so I’m sure it’s all good heading into Phoenix.
Please keep Russell on the bench in street clothes. I loved his shirt on Wednesday night. Very nice. Let’s see what happens without him. I wonder how Draymond would fit in with this Thunder bunch if Draymond and Kevie can’t cum to terms with things. Wouldn’t you love to see Durant’s expression the moment he found out the Warriors traded Draymond, Bell, Quinn Cook and a draft pick for Russell?
I tell you what though, you put Draymond Green on this Thunder team and what you might have is the best defensive team in the league and of course Presti would still need to add a Kyle Korver type at some point.
Draymond to OKC….why not?
Thunder at the Phoenix Suns next game up.