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But also, they've done a good job of just entering the ball into the middle zone

of the zone passing out or turning and shooting like that.

It's, it's becoming like a little bit like clockwork for them.

And whenever the Lakers went into zone, the thunder attacks so fast.

Some of it is personnel-based, too.

And one of the things I think, and this should go on Shea's MVP resume, is he is a much better passer and is making his teammates much better this season.

Part of the reason for the Thunder's success is Shea's ability to see the court a little bit better.

And so that is also helping them out when they're attacking the zone.

I mean, really health is the biggest one because we haven't seen them go a long stretch of having all their guys.

And so if they can get from here to the playoffs healthy and stay healthy throughout the playoffs, I think that's what you want to see the most.

Like I wonder on Sunday, they play the Jazz.

It's like really their last game to play against a tanking team.

Do we see Shea in that game?

Do we see J-Dub in that game?

I do wonder about that because, like I talked about the Lakers earlier, the priority needs to be health.

It'd be great to get the number one seed.

It'd be great to have the Spurs not catch the Thunder, but really the thing that will matter more than them getting the number one overall seed is them getting to the playoffs healthy.

To me, that is the biggest box to check

for them and really for every team going into the playoffs.

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