How do the Thunder respond?

[Gonz312]

I wouldn't normally question the mentality of the thunder because I think theyr'e better than that. But after watching the Westbrook/Durant post game makes me question it...perhaps because this was game 1 of the series and not in the middle of a series they pretty much had locked in, but their tone was much different than after their loss to the Lakers. They are a young team but at the same time are battle tested from the past 3 post seasons, so I think it can go either way.

I predict Durant embracing the challenge and going off and Westbrook being counterproductive by forcing it too much like we've seen in the past. Westbrook's immaturity is all fine and dandy when your'e winning but I can see all the chicken littles screaming that he and Durant can't coexist as usual when it's all said and done.

[BigDofBA]

They lost one game on the road to a better team.

I don't think it's that big of a deal honestly. They weren't favored to win this series anyway.

[Gonz312]

I just think it's going to be interesting, because I personally think that Westbrook is pretty weak mentally and Durant being the complete opposite as he gets better when things get tougher. I think it's going to be nice to see how far Durant's leadership has come because you know how he will respond, Westbrook on the other hand might not realize by now that this isn't his team.

[NYSportsGuy210]

They (the Thunder) don't have as much scoring options to go to as San Antonio does. That is the major problem. Defensively they are better than the Spurs. They need a solid #4 scorer and #5 scorer coming off the bench to keep them in it within the final 2 minutes.

Derek Fisher was solid but unlikely to keep this up for the whole series and Sefoloosha is ok as a #5 scoring option. Still need that Jeff Green type to come in and get them quick points off the bench.