Serge Ibaka’s first half: zero points on 0-0 shooting, zero rebounds and one block. Serge Ibaka’s second half: 16 points on 7-9 shooting, three rebounds and four blocks.
The Thunder’s first half: 45 points on 45.5 percent shooting to Portland’s 47 on 51.4. The Thunder’s second half: 58 points on 60.5 percent to Portland’s 36 on 31.0.
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Why aren’t the Thunder beating the league’s elite teams?
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This season against the league’s top four teams — Miami, San Antonio, Memphis and Denver — the Thunder are just 3-9.
Against the rest of the league, the Thunder are 47-10 with a double-digit scoring margin.
That’s got some concerned. And for very good reasons. The Thunder beat up on bad, average and even good teams. They’re completely rolling about 85 percent of the league. But against the top 15 percent, OKC hasn’t had much success at all, especially lately where they’ve lost their last five against those top four teams.
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