Both teams came into this game knowing each other pretty well after their double-overtime thriller on Thursday. The Thunder didn’t like taking that loss on Thursday and came out very aggressive trying to get revenge. Russell Westbrook came out strong in this game and was leading the charge getting his teammates involved. Westbrook was in some foul trouble but was able to feed the rock to teammates and play his game without being taken out of the game. The best thing about Russell Westbrook’s game is the fact you know that you’re going to get 110% every time out and his teammates know that as well. The Thunder were able to feed off Westbrook’s energy on both ends and came out with fire in their eyes tonight. Russell Westbrook finished with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists on the night.
Tonight LaMarcus Aldridge didn’t get the same looks he got in San Antonio the Thunder double-teamed him and made sure that whoever defended him had help. LaMarcus Aldridge was held to 17 points on the evening and had a lot more difficulty scoring than Thursday. The Thunder had a gameplan and were able to manage and limit the looks that Aldridge got tonight as a unit. The person that kept the Spurs in the game for a little bit of the game was Marco Belinelli as he went for 24 points off the bench and has become the most lethal shooter on the Spurs team. It feels like anything that Marco puts up against the Thunder will go in and that’s pretty much how it was on Thursday as well. The Spurs had Marco going off to help them and the Thunder had Dennis Schröder who went complete takeover mode in the second half of the game. Dennis came out of halftime with some fire in his eyes and he took the game over by penetrating and being aggressive. Anything that Schröder did in the second half was magical whether it was his floater, 3 point shot, or his ability to find his open players he did it all. The Spurs weren’t able to do anything to stop Dennis as he was quickly getting out of his slump. The Thunder had seven players in double figures tonight as it was a complete team effort tonight.
The Thunder will have the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday in ATL as they want to continue to stay in the wins column.
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