In 2 of 3 losses by the Thunder, they’ve basically thrown in the towel by the 2nd half. Why is nobody in the media talking about this? Shai played 10 minutes in the 2nd half last night.
I find it really weird that nobody is ragging on the Thunder for basically giving up in 2 of 3 games in the WCF. The Knicks were down 22 with 7 minutes left in the 4th and went on an insane run to win game 1 against the Cavs.
The Thunder basically said “nah we’re fine, we’re not even going to try.” and threw away the 2nd half of Games 4 and 6. Shai played 12 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively, in the second halves of those games. That’s kinda crazy to me. You never know what can happen, maybe they could have pulled off a crazy comeback. If they lose in Game 7, I think people should really dig them on basically giving up 2 games. Are they just assuming they’re going to win the next one so they want to rest their guys? That seems pretty wild to me.