So I wouldn't expect number one. I mean, but this is kind of in the story of okay. C season to some degree mellow four or 14

Russell Westbrook was three out of 17. Oh is George like four out of 12. I mean those guys combined shot under 30% in this game.

And yet okay, see wins because their defense has been so good and we thought this team. You know, we thought they'd be a solid defensive team

maybe not a great one, but to overcome that terrible shooting with you know, some of their role players was impressive to some degree.

But at some point these guys should have to actually like start playing like there's the players that they're supposed to be out offense or there seems going nowhere.

There are I mean they they relied in this game also on the offensive glass. I think that was an important part of this Stephen Adams nine offensive rebounds.

Russell Westbrook had three himself though one of those was that missed put back at the end. Then a bring this had the put back that ended up putting them up three.

And Oklahoma City can you know, they can have games where they will win this way, but you have to think about that the caliber of opponent will

ratchet up substantially with where they want to go. This is not a team that is happy to be there. This is not a team that is looking for

if we just get in or if we just get the six seed we're good. They want to win a title. They want to win two, three rounds at minimum and they want to convince Paul George to resign with them.

Right. And Paul George had a spectacular defensive game here. I mean, Victor Oedipo raining. I don't usually talk about this as much, but raining Eastern conqueror.

He was nine of 26. Can we talk about how Russ had a triple double two actually between that and player of the week. I mean, we're really hitting all the important talking.

I mean, but Victor Oedipo has played well this year and not because those two guys were traded for each other, but Oedipo has had a nice year. And Paul George shut him down.

He shut him down in this game. Oedipo was forcing some shots, was getting worse looks had a couple of wonderful finishes.

One kind of threw Steve Adams, those other two kind of hook laces around.

Although that was once they went to that tactic with mellow, which is something we can talk about later. But I think yeah, it was all deep.

I mean, we started talking about this at the end of the tour. Amacia, but you know, with this struggle by Oedipo, obviously being guarded by Paul George.

That's a difficult for anybody. Do you take away from that that, hey, you know, what he's been doing is not really.

He can't really get a done against the best defenders. What do you make of the fact that he struggled so badly in this one?

He didn't look like he was even close to getting good shots. You know, this wasn't a case in missing open shots most of the day.

I mean, there's there certainly seems to be a little of that the Rosen there where it's like, you know, that the strategy, the strategy that he uses to get to get shot will not work against guys who get over screens as well as Paul George does.

And Paul George is a physical monster in that way. And also, Oklahoma City has a lot of capable help defenders. You know, not everybody, but they have capable help defenders.

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