2015-16 OKC Thunder

[Thomas Vu]

Being able to compete and winning are 2 different things.

Losing by 8 at GS when CLE lost by 6 (at GS) and 20+ (in CLE) and SA by 20+ (No Duncan mind you), we're at least comparable in terms of the GS matchup.

I'm surprised nobody brought up that Kanter did well. Double double and had a huge hand in shifting the momentum back to OKC at the end.

OKC matches up against SA really well when everybody is healthy.

[dankrutka]

Obviously, Golden State is a beast, but OKC was may have been the first team all season to make them go away from the Steph/Draymond pick and roll. That was encouraging. Also, there are some line up adjustments Donovan can make the next time we play them. For example, the double big lineup was absolutely torched in the first half. But that's what regular-season games are for... to experiment and see what works. Golden State is still the prohibitive favorite to win the title, but at least OKC showed that they can cause some problems. Here's a good read on some of the matchups from the game: The Pattern of Basketball: Warriors vs. Thunder