Ryen Russillo

Look, I'm picking OKC and seven.

I imagine they'll look a lot better at home.

I have no idea how it's going to play out.

We had the game one Caruso thing with Wemba Nyama.

Then we had Hartenstein as a massive part of the story, which I raved about after game five.

And then he kind of was not part of the game plan last night.

And they prefer Jalen Williams.

And you can say that, like, the game kind of gets messy on the box score because of what was going on and what happened in the fourth quarter after the scoring drought and all that stuff.

But, like, I felt like when the minutes mattered, they wanted Jalen Williams, not J-Dub, the other one.

So you also have OKC's history.

Just last year in the Western Conference Finals, they lost by 42 points in Game 3 against Minnesota.

Now, maybe it was a little different because they knew there was a gap.

And they'd won the first two.

They ended up winning the series in five.

And they're sitting around smiling, losing by 42.

And I think I've landed on this.

When OKC loses and looks completely unfazed, and then you can almost turn it into a negative thing where you're like, they're acting a little goofy.

Are they taking this seriously?

I just think it's who they are.

And long term, for your recovery health in sports, it's probably the best way to be.