Thank god, one more Portland win and I don’t have to blog anymore on this Thunder team. Terry Stotts, do me a favor buddy, don’t screw around and lose Game 5 in Portland on Tuesday night. I’m ready to settle in and follow the Warriors vs. Rockets and the Trailblazers versus the Spurs-Nuggets winner. As a NBA purist…I can’t stomach much more from the make believe Thunder.
How many times on here have I stated the NBA is star driven league…how many times?
So let’s start with this. At home, on the biggest stage, rested…and with the basketball world watching…Russell Westbrook went invisible into the night going 5-21 from the field and not making a basket in the entire second half. His chief running mate—Paul George, wasn’t all that much better. Together…the two Thunder regular season stars went a combined 13-42 from the field.
Ballgame. I wonder if Clay Bennett has a warm fuzzy feel about the cash which has been thrown at these two players in an effort to sustain the Thunder after losing Durant in the Hamptons.
On the flip side, a Star was Born as CJ McCollum on the road was the best player on the floor and scored 27 points and was a +25. You see—I don’t homer it up on here like the youngsters at Daily Thunder or the helpless Thunder homers on Fox. I try to tell it like it is because unlike these dumbasses I’ve been watching the NBA for around fifty-five years or so.
I would think or hope… CJ McCollum makes the All-Star Game next season and right off the tip of my mind I can think of two players he should replace.
Portland unlike in Game 3 where they trailed by ten points at the half—led 55-51 at the intermission. The Blazers at one point led by as many as 18 points on the road in the season’s biggest game for the Thunder.
Seth Curry for the second straight game didn’t make a basket. Westbrook must have been fascinated by this as he did the very same thing in this game’s final 24 minutes of play.
Damian Lillard was excellent in support of McCollum who’s father missed out on a great Easter dinner at our place. Offer still stands anytime though—your kid is a player. Amini added 19 points. Harkless played without fear. Enes Kanter scored only 8 points in this game, but you have to like the fact the player Billy Donovan said couldn’t play is about to help end what should be Billy Donovan’s last season in Oklahoma City.
This won’t bother me a bit. I’ll blog on the other teams in the West and get going on here with some Stanley Cup coverage. If I owned this team–that would be a different thing though. I don’t know what I would do first. This will require some thought.
The Thunder in Portland on Tuesday night for Game 5.
Maybe the two OKC Thunder stars will show up.