Oklahoma City Thunder: Kevin Durant scores 27 points as OKC beats Memphis Grizzlies

It brought the Grizzlies within 20.

Randolph's first field goal came 30 seconds later.

Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison tag-teamed and took Randolph out of the game with a physical brand of defense for which the Grizzlies' All-Star forward had no answer. Both bodied up on Randolph, cutting off his airspace and not allowing him to take his time making decisions while working from the high post. Whenever he did get a shot off, Randolph was forced to hoist it over the hands of either Ibaka or Collison.

“They played hard,” said Sefolosha. “Every time we do that as a team we're good. Those guys have played him a bunch of times, so I think they know how to play them.”

Randolph did have 12 rebounds before intermission, six on the offensive end. But he couldn't convert any of his second chances into scores. It plagued the Grizzlies all half, as they converted on just two of 13 second-chance opportunities. Randolph finished with a game-high 19 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end, or five more than the Thunder had as a team.

Aside from the silliness on the sidelines, it was the Thunder's lone cause for concern.

“I don't know how many he ended up with, but he had a lot of them,” Brooks said. “Other than that, I thought our defense was solid. To keep a team in the 30s (field goal shooting percentage) is outstanding defense.”