What a comeback from the Thunder to rally back from fifteen points down to defeat the hottest team in the NBA since the All Star break in the Houston Rocket as OKC somehow won this game on a Paul George left baseline three with 1.8 seconds left.
What a fourth quarter from the Thunder as they at one time trailed by fifteen points in the second half.
Sure.. you could obviously say the Harden miss at the line opened the door and the Westbrook perfectly executed assist to Paul George were all huge…but to me the play of the game was when Paul George as the Thunder’s star elbowed Houston’s toughest playing in the head and then told him to fuck off with the young Thunder players awestruck by PG’s machismo. That’s leadership, my friends.
PJ Tucker is a bad dude. He’s prolly the last guy you would want to fight on the Rockets. This wasn’t like Jim Traber chasing some little sissy Japanese pitcher in the Japan Major Leagues. PJ Tucker is a bad dude and Paul George went after him.
Let’s go to the okcthunderground.com illustrator and you can see if for yourself. Also… observe what it did to get the OKC crowd into the game.
For all you youngsters at home this is how you change the flow of a game with your team looking listless and dead in the water. As was the case in the Detroit game when Westbrook decked a burned out ZaZa Pachulia with a club forearm to the head…this was a game changer.
This is Head Games 101 and I love it. Finally…OKC’s two stars have realized this isn’t in Billy Donovan’s arsenal and have been reading my blog and have taken it upon themselves to lead the team in spite of their coach.
The Thunder have now won four straight and a team which looked like it was a dead team walking suddenly has a little bounce to their step. This is what physicality can bring to your football, your hockey, and your basketball team.
Hopefully…Traber touches on this tomorrow on air if he hopes to stay atop my local media poll heading into the playoffs.
sports are talent, preparation and attitude. I’m liking the Thunder attitude right now. I still wish someone would have cloths-lined Karl-Anthony Townes in Minnesota, but you win different ways against different teams.
I hope OKC ends up playing the Rockets in Round 1. They just went 3-1 versus Houston for the season and quite frankly I thought Clint Capela was just awful all night. OKC can handle that …Jokic not as much.
Just stay away from the Warriors in Round 1 and keep hitting people hard and with a bad intent near your basket and maybe the Thunder can catch some lightning in a bottle.
The Thunder end their regular season in Milwaukee tomorrow night with the 6 thru 8 seeds scenarios still in play.
One last thing…Westbrook made a smart play to take the two point basket which led to the foul on Harden and the ultimate game winner. I hope people took notice of this.
Today, while I was at work, my sister stole my iphone and tested to see if it can survive a twenty five foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My iPad is now destroyed and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!