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Originally Posted by aurelino9
You dismiss the 1-point win as lucky but what about the loss right after AS break? The new members of the team couldn't even practice once and were thrust in a 4-games-in-5-nights schedule. There's one more game left and that will be a better indicator of the strengths of the respective teams. My point was that Westbrook hasn't been killing the Mavs. His shooting % is actually below his season %.
This discussion is moot because OKC will most probably be 4/5 seed and we won't see them (unless they beat the Lakers in the next round).
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Your 4-game-in-5-nights point has no effect whatsoever. It was the first game of 4 in 5, right after the All Star game. Trust me, they were quite rested.
However, you can turn that around and have a decent point: The younger, athletic Thunder team was super energized from that extra time off, whereas we all know the Mavs are up there in age.