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After a humiliating Game 1, it’s back to the drawing board for the Thunder
- Updated: May 1, 2016
12:56 AM ET
SAN ANTONIO — Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook sat on opposite ends of the Oklahoma City Thunder bench, Durant at the front and Westbrook on the end. Durant leaned forward, his face in his left hand, expressionless and mostly motionless. Westbrook stared forward at nothing in particular, elbows on his knees.
They watched, helplessly, the entire fourth quarter from the bench as the Thunder took a 124-92 Game 1 beating at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs.
What was going through their minds? What was Durant thinking, taking in a 32-point blowout in which he scored just 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting, his second-lowest scoring game of the season? What kind of emotion was his feeling after that? Anger? Embarrassment? Frustration? Disappointment?
“I’m not telling you,” Durant said.
“Because it’s over with,” he explained. “Move on. We just move past it and figure out what we have to do better. No crazy emotions. It’s not like we were upset and screaming at each other in the locker room after the game. That’s not going to make things better. We’ve just got to go out there and play better. So, no emotions.”
Kevin Durant made just 6 of 15 shots for 16 points in Oklahoma City’s 32-point loss to the Spurs on Saturday. Chris Covatta/NBAE via Getty Images
The way the Spurs blitzed the Thunder — virtually from the tipoff as Kawhi Leonard went uncontested to the rim for a dunk on the first possession — was startling. The Thunder looked unprepared and unfocused, with Westbrook saying they …
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