OKC Thunder can’t push through in Denver – Topic: Thunder podcast
The OKC Thunder hung around, but in the end the Denver Nuggets were just too much, and the Thunder were just too little.
The OKC Thunder dropped one in Denver tonight. It was not, exactly, one that they should have won. But it was, exactly, one that they absolutely could have won.
The Thunder managed to stay within striking distance the entire game. Steven Adams was a monster. Paul George threatened late-game heroics that never quite came to fruition. The Thunder couldn’t get a stop, or missed a layup, or fumbled a rebound.
It was just that kind of night. In a vacuum, this kind of loss to a really good team would just be an also-ran. This one feels a little more important, though.
This is the second loss of the season, already, for the Thunder against the Nuggets. With as tight as the West is, and with as tightly as the West will surely finish, tie-breakers could matter.
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This is the Thunder’s second-straight loss against decent teams, after starting the season off hot against a light schedule.
The Thunder looked tired tonight. Russell Westbrook had a noticeable limp to close the game. And yet, the Thunder have to muster the energy to play again tomorrow.
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The schedule only gets harder from here, and this feels like an important inflection point on the OKC Thunder’s season. This can either be a fast start on a rough season, or it can be a minor blip. We’ll see.
Anthony Montero is on the recap tonight for Topic: Thunder. We’ll make it through this together.
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