Thunder 109, Bulls 98
Observations, news and notes from Saturday’s game…..
* 15-4 in the overtime period is about as dominant as a team can be. That was one of the few times OKC stepped on a team when it smelled blood.
* How Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook and Earl Watson went a combined 11-for-47 is a mystery.
* How OKC won despite their poor shooting night can be explained in OKC’s rebounding advantage (59-37), second-chance points advantage (28-12) and free throw advantage (28-for-34 to 13-for-18).
* Overshadowed in this game was the Thunder’s exceptional ball movement and complete lack thereof down the stretch. The Thunder entered the fourth with 21 assists on 32 made baskets. Over the final 17 minutes, including overtime, OKC had only four assists on eight made baskets. Normally, four on eight isn’t bad. But they only had eight made baskets because they stopped moving the ball and started playing one-one-one ball. The shots got tougher, were taken late in the shot clock and the Bulls made them pay at the other end.
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