Logan Murdock

A.J.

Mitchell, 12 of 19, man.

He's become a star in front of our eyes.

28 points, 12 of 19.

I was at his first playoff start in Phoenix, and he was like 5 of 20 because he was just so... Excited?

He was so excited.

And...

He had to learn on the fly just to play alongside Shea as opposed to just chucking up his own shots.

And he's done a really good job of that.

But you're right.

I mean, the Lakers were just outmatched and outclassed in all those ways.

No shade to them.

But OKC is just a juggernaut.

I do want to say, though, like...

And we're going to talk about Minnesota in a second as well, and I don't want to discount Minnesota because they very much could beat San Antonio.

We'll talk about that series after this.

But in the way that Minnesota takes on the personality of their best player, Ant,

I feel like the Thunder take on the personality of Shea and that they're just calm, cool, and collected at all times, no matter what the situation is and no matter who is in or out.

That run that they made in game three when Shea was on the bench was very, very impressive.

And that's something that they're starting to be able to do.