Calinks wrote:KGdaBom wrote:younggunsmn wrote:It's great to play the what-if game, but bottom line is that we never led once in this game.
I think we tied it once very briefly in the 3rd quarter.
It was a heroic effort to make it so close at the end, but OKC dominated us from start to finish, for the 3rd time in this series.
That wasn't domination. a small lead isn't domination. We were one play away from winning. That's all.
It felt dominant because of what OKC did. Its true, it was a close game, at the same time, OKC was able to execute their gameplan nearly flawlessly. It's very impressive on their part, they hit every note they needed to get that win and if they were just a little less disciplined, they could have lost that game. We played great despite our starts getting shut down but OKC just had that extra level of poise and execution that separates great from Elite.
Saying "they dominated us" implies a wide gap between the two. Instead, I'd say they played a dominant game, while we also played a strong game but a step below dominant.