After two consecutive games with slow starts, the Thunder threw the first punch on Saturday. Twelve first-quarter points from Chris Paul and an elite defensive performance from the young Thunder players kept OKC ahead all four quarters.
Chris Paul took the Thunder’s first quarter slumps into his own hands. Instead of his usual outburst in the fourth quarter of games (first in the league in clutch points), Paul jump started OKC’s offense with 10 points in the first five and a half minutes going a perfect 4-4 from the field and 2-2 from behind the arc.