bajaden
Hall of Famer
The defense last night was satisfactory. Lets face it, OKC just missed a ton of wide open looks. If people think we went back to Malone style defense, that wasn't the case. It was a fluke game.
When the other team misses a ton of jump shots and has a bunch of turnovers, naturally the offensive pace of the other team is going to be higher.
I don't disagree that the Thunder missed quite a few open shots. So did we in fact. However, when you're playing tough aggressive defense, which I believe we were last night, one of the by products of that, is the other team starts to rush their shots, and that can lead to players missing open shots. You don't attack the basket on the Thunder without having Ibaka on you mind, and as a result, you start missing point blank layups. We defended the pick and roll pretty well last night. Our big's finally did their part, instead of just being spectators.