Behind a pride fueled defensive effort, bold adjustments against Victor Wembanyama and a dominant MVP performance from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, The Thunder punched back with a 122-113 Game 2 win to even the Western Conference Finals.
OKLAHOMA CITY – In the postseason, some stretches are defined by tactical changes. Others come down to who can hit the toughest shots. But every so often, the outcome is shaped by pure pride. A team digging in and refusing to be humiliated.
Wednesday night in Game 2, the response came fast and that’s mostly because it had to.
For almost 48 hours the noise around the Oklahoma City Thunder centered around panic, adjustments and whether they had an answer for Victor Wembanyama after dropping Game 1 to the San Antonio Spurs. The easy answer everyone settled on was simple: put Chet Holmgren on Wembanyama full time and scrap the double big lineup that sputtered in the opener.
But the Thunder rarely follow the “obvious” script.
When everyone expected them to zag, Oklahoma City zigged. They doubled down on the very thing people questioned most.
And this time, they made it work.
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