NBA Playoff Schedule 2016: TV Guide and Predictions for Wednesday

On Wednesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder will look to make the Golden State Warriors do something they haven’t done all season: lose back-to-back games. 

The Warriors machine has hummed along throughout the regular season and two rounds of the playoffs with one of the most impressive seasons in NBA history. With just nine losses in the regular season and three in the playoffs, it isn’t altogether surprising they haven’t lost two games in a row. 

OKC did a great job containing Steph Curry and Klay Thompson in Game 1.

A win in Game 2 would give the Thunder a shocking 2-0 lead as the series heads to Oklahoma for Game 3. Here’s a look at the TV guide for the series along with predictions for Wednesday’s Game 2 at the Oracle Arena. 

Durant Goes Over 26 Points

Kevin Durant’s Game 1 performance is an interesting case study in how everything is magnified on the playoff stage. If not for one shot, the narrative on KD would be different heading into Game 2.

Looking at the box score, Durant’s 26-point, 10-rebound performance looks good. But had he not knocked down the following clutch jumper to put the Thunder up 105-100, there’d be much more talk about the fact that he had missed his previous nine shots in the fourth quarter before putting the game on ice:

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The truth is Durant was an inefficient volume scorer in Game 1. He got to 26 points, but it took him 30 shots to get there. Both he and Russell Westbrook struggled from the field, but the Thunder found a way to win. ESPN Stats & Info provided some context about how rare it is for both Westbrook and Durant to shoot that poorly on the same night. 

Thunder are 2-0 all-time in postseason games that Durant and …

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