OKLAHOMA CITY — Loud City is not Fraud City.
Every Thunder had a basket Wednesday night, save for the Broncos mascot.
“We got punked,” Nuggets coach David Adelman admitted after the 149-106 drubbing. “We are not going to flush that. We have to be better.”
If the series opener was a referendum on the Thunder’s inexperience, Game 2 was validation of its season. Oklahoma City is equipped with stars and a bench deeper than a Tolstoy novel.
This is a team of spectacular opulence. So why, after demonstrated excellence, do they have such a punchable face?