Oklahoma City Thunder was stunned by Denver Nagets in his Western Conference Quarter Final Series. Oklahoma City was a game 2 in Rome.
Thunder’s 43-point route covered the series on Wednesday night, shifting to Danver for the next two matches, which began with Game 3 on Friday night.
Oklahoma City needs to win one of the road games to withdraw the benefit of home-court, which should not be a difficult task for the team going 32-8 from home during a regular session and win their first two on the road in the playoffs.
To win at least one, Thunder needs to bring the same energy in Game 2 when he led 24 after the first quarter, scored 87 points in the first half and more than 49.
Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgas-Alexander said, “Win from a hundred or two, it’s still 1–1, and I think it’s very important.” “As I said, especially in the series, every game is going to look different. People are going to adjust.
The Thunder will probably stick to the inclusion of Nugets Center Nikola Jokik with its game plan. He was physical with a three -time MVP and disappointed him before leaving late in the third quarter. He ended with 17 points, eight rebounds and six turnover after putting 42 points in Denver’s Game 1 win and 22 rebounds.
Jokik credited Oklahoma City, stating that only one team played the game, while Aaron Gordon came to protect his team partner.
Gordon said, “They are first flying the clown. You know that Joke is reactionary and they receive another man many times.” “But they are fulling her throughout the game – the point is empty. Period. And this is something you cannot say with every dishonesty because you must be calling every game with a dishonesty. But they are flying it. They are a handca team.”
Joke was not the only one who struggled. The Nagets shot only 37.9 percent from the ground, turned 21 turnover and dropped the category from 44–38 after winning that category by 20 on Monday night.
Denver will bend to react to his championship experience, as in the past. Nugets were routed to the first round game 3, but came back after defeating Los Angeles Clippers in Game 4; Last year, he was below 0–2 from Minnesota before three straight victory.
Interim coach David Edelman said that the players owned their performance after watching the game film on Thursday.
He said, “Many people had thoughts of what they felt (Wednesday) night,” he said. “And this allows you to move forward and improve things (Friday).”
There is also concern about the health of Michael Porter Junior. Although he is not on the report of injury to Game 3, Porter is working with a left shoulder sprain in the first round and struggling with his shot several times. He was on the bench during the crunch time during game 1, and Russell Westbrook has seen an increase in its minutes.
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