OKLAHOMA CITY — Last time there was a Game 6 of the Western Conference finals hosted by this city amid the Great Plains, the Thunder hosted the Spurs two years ago.
That Game 6 — won by the Spurs — marked the final game in a Thunder uniform for a scrappy, left-handed, 39-year-old point guard. His name was Derek Fisher, and he went out in his floor-burn style — playing the final 21:47 of the overtime defeat.
In the quiet of the OKC locker room, Fisher said he held too much respect for his Thunder teammates to talk about Phil Jackson’s Knicks.