Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE A one-game elimination tournament, the NBA playoffs are not. But boy, that did not go well. One team looked like the superior group and it wasn’t the one in

Dilip Vishwanat/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE What are you supposed to say after that? Unbelievable? Incredible? Unreal? Astonishing? Surreal? Unthinkable? Unimaginable? We just watched one of those games where you’ll be talking to a friend

Doug Pensinger/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE It’s a good lesson for these young Thunder: closing is hard to do. Oklahoma City saved its most erratic, incomplete game for Monday night, which of course was the

Doug Pensinger/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE The Thunder’s up three games to none over Denver. They walked into an incredibly hostile place and pulled out an unbelievably gritty win to put themselves in an excellent

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE George Karl got his wish. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook most definitely did not combine for 72 points in this game. Far from it, in fact. Don’t think he’s

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE It really just sort of felt like it was time for Kevin Durant. After the way he carried Team USA in Turkey, he was ready for this. His Thunder

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE Well, it’s nice to have that out of the way. Officially, the Thunder are the four-seed in the West and will play Nuggets to start the playoffs. Officially, the

BOX SCORE Coming off the emotional win in Los Angeles less than 24 hours ago, it felt like the Thunder could be walking into a trap. It felt like this game could be a