NewsOK.com · Apr 7, 2019
Can Thunder bring urgency into final week of regular season?
Oklahoma City's Jerami Grant, right, celebrates making a 3-point shot during Friday's win over Detroit. After struggling over the last month, the Thunder played one of its best games of the season against the Pistons. [Nate Billings/The Oklahoman]Billy Donovan's moves mean more than he lets on. The Thunder coach likes to say a tweak or a rotation change is about a specific matchup. It’s often more, a not-so-subtle foreshawdowing of what’s needed by his team beyond just one night.
It’s Jerami Grant taking over for Patrick Patterson four games into the season. It’s Raymond Felton being reinserted into the rotation with a week to go before the playoffs.