"The way they guard, how physical they are, we don't get that same luxury to be able to play as physical on the other end at times.”
— Stephon Castle.
(h/t @ohnohedidnt24)
there’s a player who’s played out of position for his entire career, still became top 10 at 23 years old, anchored a super bowl winning all-time defense, and yet 60% of football fans don’t even know he exists
OKC just took the Spurs best punch, and it still took 2OT, on a night where everyone not named Dub and Caruso were objectively horrible.
I remind you that last year OKC lost Game 1 against Denver on a Gordon game winner & Game 1 against Indy on a Hali game winner.
Long series.
The Oklahoma City Thunder completely owned the state of California this season.
Final record against California teams:
🔻8-0 vs Lakers
🔻4-0 vs Warriors
🔻3-0 vs Clippers
🔻3-0 vs Kings
18-0 TOTAL.
What makes it even crazier is how dominant they looked doing it.
Elite defense.
Depth everywhere.
Constant pressure offensively.
The Thunder didn’t just beat California teams. They erased them. After another sweep over the Lakers, Oklahoma City keeps looking more and more like the team to beat in the NBA.