This Week's Reason to Love the Team Even Though the Product on the Floor is Awful: Bandwagon Open for Business
Our team opened up a can of what I like to call "Thund-Fu" this past week. That's because they dispatched of opponents one at a time. Prior to last Wednesday, the Thunder had never beaten a team with a winning record. Then, they annihilated the Utah Jazz 114-93. This is a Utah team that was seven games over .500 heading into the matchup, and a team with a core of players that made it to the Western Conference finals in 2007.
Before Friday of last week, the Thunder had never won consecutive games. After an 89-79 thumping of the Pistons, a team that was five games over .500, they finally had a winning streak.
Against two playoff teams, the Thunder produced their two most impressive victories of the season. Then after a set back to Miami, they came back with their most exciting victory to date.
With 1.6 seconds remaining in the game on Wednesday the 21st, Jamal Crawford hit a floating jumpshot that hit the Thunder like a dagger. Having already lost four games on last second shots, the team must have felt deflated. Then, Jeff Green managed to take the inbound pass, get a turn around jumper off before the buzzer and watched it deflect off the backboard and through the rim for a one point victory.