Coming into this game against the Miami Heat the Thunder knew they would be without Russell Westbrook. Russell was suspended for one game for his technical against the Warriors on Saturday. That means that Westbrook wouldn’t be able to play against Dwyane Wade in his final game playing in Oklahoma City unless they met in the NBA Finals. The Thunder came out extremely in this game starting out on a 15-2 run and looked to be in control. The Thunder were clicking on all cylinders and were playing off Paul George tonight. The Thunder were in cruise control and could do no wrong in that 1st quarter until D-Wade and the Miami bench came in the game. The Miami Heat had 67 points total off the bench and the majority of those points were split between Wade and Dragic. The Thunder offense was kind of flat tonight without Westbrook running it and it was obvious. With that being said Dennis Schröder did an amazing job trying to get everyone involved but OKC lost momentum. Wade was able to go back in time and play like Flash as he was able to get anything he wanted it seemed like tonight against the Thunder defense. Wade was making tough shots and was able to get to the basket whenever he wanted with no problem.
Paul George had an amazing game for the Thunder finishing with 31 points on the night. Most of the damage that Paul George did was in the second half as he was able to get to the basket at will and keep OKC in the game. Another player that was able to get it going for the Thunder was Jerami Grant who had a career-high 27 points. Grant was attacking but it wasn’t enough to get the job done as every time the Thunder did something to make a run Dragic or Wade did it right back in return.
The Thunder will be playing the Toronto Raptors the next 2 games and will need to get back in the win column ASAP in order to try to stay within the pack in the playoff race.
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