Three games against the New Orleans Pelicans this year, three blowout victories for the OKC Thunder. And this one was never in doubt.
Wednesday night was a beautiful evening for OKC Thunder fans. Sure they didn’t extend a 19-point halftime lead; that’s okay. The fact that Oklahoma City was able to open up such a large lead playing on the back end of a six-game road trip is impressive.
A lot happened tonight. Enes Kanter (playing with four fresh stitches under his left eye) continued his recent scoring barrage for another double-double. Bench partner Alex Abrines scored 11 points on 4-5 shooting from the field, including 2-2 from deep. And Steven Adams scored 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, blocked 4 shots and dished out 3 assists. But we’ll talk about him later.
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The most impressive item about tonight, however, was Russell Westbrook. Not how he played, because that wasn’t pretty. No, what impressed me was how everyone else stepped up their play once they realized Westbrook was having an off night.
That’s a bonus takeaway for ya. I have five more if you’re interested. Let’s get it started!