Analyze that first game any which way you want — George was the reason the Thunder won and the Jazz lost. It was one of those extraordinary occasions when a star player goes beyond what he normally does, which in the case of George is substantial, and just kind of goes into a different dimension. He feels his way.
I once asked one of the Jazz’s all-time great shooters and basketball thinkers, Jeff Hornacek, exactly what leads to such a performance, whether there’s any logical or graspable reason for a player getting and staying in the zone like that.