The OKC Thunder left both fans and analysts with a plethora of ammunition after Tuesday night’s demolition at the hand of the Portland Trail Blazers.
If I wanted to I could give you a list of at least 25 takeaways from the OKC Thunder no-show in Portland. But I want to keep my sanity as long as I can.
Once Russell Westbrook was subbed out at the end of the first quarter, the wheels fell off a seemingly well-oiled machine. The Thunder had a six point lead when Russ left the game the first time, and OKC never saw a lead again.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| Trail Blazers | 32 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 114 |
| Thunder | 31 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 95 |
Now this wasn’t one of those games where Russ showed up and the rest of the team didn’t. No, Westbrook played pretty poorly tonight. He was a little too confrontational for my liking tonight, but than again when he drops 40-15-12 tomorrow night and is screaming like a maniac I’ll love it. That’s just how it goes with Russ sometimes.
There’s so many directions we can go with the next five slides, so I highly suggest clicking through to see the most important takeaways from tonight’s debacle. I PROMISE not all of them are bad. Well, kinda…Let’s just get started.