Kirk Goldsberry

They sure did.

Nobody wants to see them in the playoffs if they end up at seven or eight or whatever, dude.

What's your theory?

Dude, I think the NBA changed on December 12th or 13th when the first Spurs win happened in Vegas.

I think that changed the temperature in the Western Conference.

A week later, Bill, this is sort of the canonical moment of the season.

Finch, who hates the Thunder, has publicly said he hates how the Thunder play, goes into that game in Minnesota.

And he's ready to explode.

And sure enough, he gets a chance.

He gets ejected.

And, you know, the Thunder are six and six in their last 12.

But I looked at the numbers and the craziest thing I found is that Shea Gills Alexander, since that Spurs game, he's gone from the fifth most fouled player in the NBA to the 31st.

most fouled player in the NBA.

His free throws are way down.

His ability to draw fouls has magically decreased substantially since peaking before then.

And J-Dub is the other thing.

He has not clicked in with this group the way they expected.

He was in my notes.

So between SGA sort of reduced free throw line activity and J-Dub's lack of sort of cohesion with this group,

Simply put, this isn't the juggernaut that I thought they were December 10th.