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The Oklahoma City Thunder are 0-4 for the first time in their history after scoring 16 points in half-time, nine points ahead of four minutes and the defeat against the Boston Celtics.
A defeat against the Celtics is not a big deal. It's totally like it happened.
Here are the results of the offensive possessions of the Thunder after taking this lead of 9 points at 4:22 of the end: Russell Westbrook misses a long shot, Alex Abrines misses a three, Jerami Grant gets the offensive rebound and misses a three, Paul George misses three, Westbrook returns, Westbrook misses a long two, Westbrook misses a float (the Thunder still leads by one here), Steven Adams separates a pair from the line, Westbrook misses an early three in the clock in a draw with 45 seconds to play, Westbrook (a three-point career shooter with 31%) misses a 28-foot scorer on an off-time game favored by the Thunder with three minutes per second (a terrible shot), Paul George missing a three Down four, Westbrook resumes the offensive rebound but topples while trying to feed Steven Adams, Abrines misses a three without any sense while there is only four seconds left. The Celtics win by six.
The Thunder scored one point in this 4:22 final … in 11 possessions. The Celtics scored 16 points in their last 11 possessions and 4:22.
We could all have to apologize to Carmelo Anthony.
Westbrook made bad decisions (especially the last three players 28 seconds from the end), but Billy Donovan must take responsibility for not holding his team accountable. He said after the match that he did not think it was a terrible blow insinuating that this is not what they wrote. (It looks like the plan was to quickly score two goals and one foul.) Westbrook scored a deep three goal immediately after catching the ball, as if he were Steph Curry or something of the sort.
Westbrook's last line: 13 points on 5-20 shots, 15 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 turnovers. The Thunder will not win many games like that unless Kevin Durant comes back. (Kevin Durant will not come back.)
Scores
Riders 103, pistons 110
Blazers 128, Magic 114
Celtics 101, The thunder 95
Nuggets 114, Lakers 121
Program
Friday:
Warriors at Knicks, 19:30 ET, NBA TV
Bucks at Wolves, 8pm ET, Pass League
Wizards at Kings, ET, 22h ET, NBA TV
The Saturday:
Celtics at Pistons, 19h ET, Pass League
Jazz at Pelicans, 19h ET, Pass League
Blazers at Heat, 8pm ET, Pass League
Lakers at Spurs, 20.30 ET, Pass League
On Sunday:
Warriors at the nets, 17h ET, Pass League
Wizards at Clippers, 9:30 pm ET, Pass League
See the full schedule of the weekend.
Connections
SB Nation is proposing a new podcast titled "It Seemed Smart" (hosted by Spencer Hall). These are incredibly terrible / terribly incredible cheating plans. The first episode of the Great Bat Caper is amazing. Check it, evaluate it, examine it and tell Spencer that you want more.
The Lakers won a huge win on Thursday in front of the known world (who did not fall asleep at half-time) on the Nuggets. Denver led most of the first period when Nikola Jokic broke ground in front of LA, but the Lakers fought back in the second half. Lance Stephenson played a crucial role in the extension. He broke the air guitar. Lonzo Ball is good. Josh Hart is good. LeBron James is fine.
Seerat Sohi explains how LeBron can clear early season doubts about the Lakers.
Paul Flannery explains why the Celtics' long-awaited lineup does not score effectively.
The Rockets would be back in the Jimmy Butler draw, offering four first-round picks.
How the Pacers censored a NSFW play.
Stunning piece by Alex Wong on the birth of the Raptors purple and red CLASSIC jersey.
It's very nice to see LeBron tracing Jim Boeheim angry on Twitter at the expense of amateurism, then Boeheim to pretend not to be crazy.
What if the Hawks and Mavericks were both trading Trae Young-Luka Doncic?
Were we fooled about Steph CUrry? Is he about to win another MVP?
The Detroit Pistons are unbeaten.
Looking back (again) at Chris Paul's trade veto.
Michael Jordan is now an investor in one of the biggest sports brands.
Does thunder take good shots but miss them?
Be excellent to each other.
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